Landing in Vancouver soon, ...Qs

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My wife and I got our canadian PRs , we would be
landing in vancouver by May 01 and appear for interviews
, depending on the outcome we would return back to the US
and start packing up.
My Qs are
1) My wife has H1 status and an H4 visa ( still valid )
   while I have an old H1 visa still valid and a new H1 approval status
   can we just show our i-94s and come back in to the country ?
2) Any idea if the canadians care that we are not submitting our
i-94s while landing as PRs ?
3) we will be driving from seattle to vancouver, any border crossing
 that is better than the peace arch on I-5 ? looking at it from
either side of the border does it make sense to go to a not so busy
border crossing ?

thanks
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when you go for landing at vancouver POE, probably they will ask to give your I-94.
Even though your wife has valid H4 visa, her current status in US is H1B and I assume she does not have a valid H1B visa. In that case(if they take your I-94), she won\'t be able to return to USA.
But in your case(you still have valid H1b visa but did changed your employer)you would be able to return to US even they take your I-94.
So when you come back they will issue a new I-94 card.
 
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Hi tttt
May be this will help you:
I am on H4 visa and my husband on H1. We landed in Canada last month to get our passport stamped for PR of Canada. We went by road since we live in Seattle. The border is just 2 hours. At the border we were asked why we were entering Canada. Then a slip was handed over to us. Then we went to the immigration center. Over there we had to show the landed papers and our passport. The officer was very kind. Our passport was stamped and the original landed paper with the officer\'s signature was returned. We then went to vancouver and submitted our form for SIN card(like social security card).
On our return the US border officer asked us for our passport. We didn\'t even have to get down from the car.He just saw our faces and the passport and let us go.
One thing our I-94 card was not attched to the passport.We had kept it seperately which was not asked at any time.
Hope this helps.
 
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Can I not tell them that I will be returning in a week or so,
so I need it to return back to the US.
I think I will travel by road and tell them that I am not submitting our I94s since we will be requiring them again.
thanks for your reply!
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Hello rana1982, thanks a lot for your reply.
I will keep the I-94s for both of us seperately.
Also which crossing did you use to enter the US and
to enter canada ? was it the douglas crossing on highway 5 ?
or some other one ?
 thanks a lot once again
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Thanks , one question please
did you carry proof of funds with you ? was it just a US bank
statement or did you carry a cashiers/travellers check for
the expected amount ?

thanks!!
 
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Hi tttt
They didn\'t ask us for any proof of funds. But we carried the latest bank statement. Don\'t forget to take the list of things you will carry with you when you are actually going to move: your furniture,jewels, vehicle etc. along with approximate value. This is required for customs clearance which has to done after the passport stamping.The procedure of getting your passport stamped is very simple. It is something like getting across the counter. We went be I-5 highway.If your planning to apply for SIN card do you have the address of the HRDC center?
 
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Thank you so much for your detailed replies !
I will carry the bank statement. and the list of things to come.
I think I have the address of the SIN # , 300 west georgia street ?
anyway most likely I dont think we will have return problems, since
my wife will not have started on her work , so she is still H4
and with H4 visa. I am planning to apply to all the S/W and H/W
companies in BC and try to schedule some interview before going
there and landing. I will also travel by road, actually by air
to seattle and then by road, the flights to Vancouver from SFO
are too costly, not so until seattle :)

thanks once again , I will be lurking on this msg board with
further inputs and queries.
 
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