Toronto landing experience - Overall a good experience

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india_survivor

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Here it is ......
Took a flight to Toronto.
Stood in the immigration queue.
The lady asked me to fill the customs form (the regular one that all passnegers fill).
Then she sent me to another counter.
The guy asked me if i was landing. I said yes !!!!
Next he asked me how much money i had. I told him. He did not want proof but i volunteered my bank statement. He enetered the same amount in CDN !!####
Then i went to customs......the guy was irritated to see me. He cribbed that my list was not complete. Anyway, the lazy man enetered my data and handed me a covering note and stamped the goods to follow list. Again, he entered the value in CDN without converting.
Thats it.....the entire process took 10 minutes (not even 2 minutes at immigration).
MORAL OF THE STORY :
1. Make sure that you mention all amounts in CDN.
2. they do no care what you do right now (for ex. H1 visa etc)
3. Onus is on you to make sure that your documents have complete and accurate data (ie. data that they enter)
4. Mention a higher amount for amount of cash you possess, as it is always better to estimate on the higher side.
5. Just relax.......Canada is a great and free country.
 
congrats !!!

my own 2 cents but I have a growing conviction that the increased security and scrutiny is only for refugees and visitors, not PRs, anyway we have got our fingerprints checked by the FBI and got a clean bill of health from the CSIS .
 
Money for landing

If I put too less money while I was landing and they did not question me (I only told them how much CASH I had but did not mention the cashier check), does anyone know that will I get any problem when I file a Citizenship?
 
money

Well, the idea is that you mention more so that there will not be a problem in transferring additional cash that you may accumulate before you land. If you mention more, and they ask for proof, you can say that you will provide it later and just show them proof of at least $10,000 CDN.
I am not sure i totally understand your question though.
 
Money vs. Citizenship

My concern is since my landing paper only wrote down cash less than CDN $1000 (coz I forgot to tell them I had cashier check also), will it affect me to apply Canadian Citizenship? Of course now my bank has more than that, but do they really care at the time when I put down on the landing paper for the citizenship process?
 
No Title

u can claim Canadian citizenship based on ties u have established with canada, tax returns filed, continuous residency etc and nothing to
do with how much money u brought while landing.
 
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