Need advice, please

[jeohardy]

Hi, I am planning to land in Canada within the next two weeks with my wife and son. My national passport (which was stamped by the Canadian consulate with the one time immigrant visa) is expiring in March. I am planning to renew the passport after I get back from Canada to the US. We are planning to drive to the Canadian post in a rental car, complete the landing process, apply for the PR and then return to US without actually going beyond the Canadian post into Canada.

My questions are:
1. Would it be OK if we came back to the US immidiately after landing in Canada (and obviously not applying for the SIN card at this time). Do the Canadian officials care whether we proceed into Canada at this time, or not?
2. Would it be a problem that my current passport will expire before I get the Canadian PR.
3. Do I still need to declare goods that we will be taking with us to Canada when we make the move permanently.
4. Do we need to declare funds even though we are not going "into Canada" at this time. If yes, then how much should we show?
5. Should we rent a car with the US number plates or Canadian number plates?

Thanks for your time. I would really appreciate any advice from the knowledgeable members on this forum.


Joe.

 

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Originally posted by jeohardy
Hi, I am planning to land in Canada within the next two weeks with my wife and son. My national passport (which was stamped by the Canadian consulate with the one time immigrant visa) is expiring in March. I am planning to renew the passport after I get back from Canada to the US. We are planning to drive to the Canadian post in a rental car, complete the landing process, apply for the PR and then return to US without actually going beyond the Canadian post into Canada.

My questions are:
1. Would it be OK if we came back to the US immidiately after landing in Canada (and obviously not applying for the SIN card at this time). Do the Canadian officials care whether we proceed into Canada at this time, or not?
No they don't. However you will have problems entering back into Canada with a stamp in your landing paper which says "NOT VALID FOR TRAVEL"

2. Would it be a problem that my current passport will expire before I get the Canadian PR.
Get your passport renewed before you land

3. Do I still need to declare goods that we will be taking with us to Canada when we make the move permanently.
Yes you will have to provide a list of goods that you intend to bring into canada.

4. Do we need to declare funds even though we are not going "into Canada" at this time. If yes, then how much should we show?
Yes, you will have to show proof of funds that you have declared on your application when you applied for your PR.

5. Should we rent a car with the US number plates or Canadian number plates?
Renting a US pated car shoul dbe fine.

Thanks for your time. I would really appreciate any advice from the knowledgeable members on this forum.


Joe.