Vault please help

[Naman]

Dear Vault
Congratulation!! You have applied PR card in Canada and picked up your Card in Canada. I need some help and I have been reading this thread.
My concerns are:
1. I am from Baltimore MD, I landed in May 2002, I am thinking of going to Canada to apply PR Card
2. I have visited the site of Southwest Airlines and they have BUF to BWI service and rates are good. I am thinking of taking the flight to Buffalo NY
3. I don’t have friend in Canada who can pick me up from Buffalo
4. Can I get a Rental car with Canada plates from Buffalo airport? If I can get the car with Canadian Plates and cross the border do they Stamp the Passport? Any questions they ask? To take any precautions? Any problems? Do they take I-94? I am on H1B with valid H1 Visa stamp on my passport
5. Any other alternative from Buffalo to enter Canada? I will be going to Mississauga or Brampton area.

6. In which CIC office you collected your PR card? Is t near to Mississauga or Brampton? The reason I am asking is that still I have not received Canada PR application on Canadian address, I ordered from US on CIC website and provided Canada address of my friend 4 weeks back. I may have to collect forms from nearest CIC office to Mississauga.

7. Please provide any info regarding travel from MD because if I take train from Union station WAS it starts morning 3 AM and reaches Toronto evening around 7 PM and I have read that in train they take I-94 and stamp the passport.

Best Regards ,
Naman

 

[vault]

Originally posted by Naman
Dear Vault
Congratulation!! You have applied PR card in Canada and picked up your Card in Canada. I need some help and I have been reading this thread.
My concerns are:
1. I am from Baltimore MD, I landed in May 2002, I am thinking of going to Canada to apply PR Card

<Good>
2. I have visited the site of Southwest Airlines and they have BUF to BWI service and rates are good. I am thinking of taking the flight to Buffalo NY
<OK>
3. I don’t have friend in Canada who can pick me up from Buffalo
<Sorry >
4. Can I get a Rental car with Canada plates from Buffalo airport? If I can get the car with Canadian Plates and cross the border do they Stamp the Passport? Any questions they ask? To take any precautions? Any problems? Do they take I-94? I am on H1B with valid H1 Visa stamp on my passport
<I have posed many threads and others have do too about the questions asked at the border>
5. Any other alternative from Buffalo to enter Canada? I will be going to Mississauga or Brampton area.

6. In which CIC office you collected your PR card? Is t near to Mississauga or Brampton? The reason I am asking is that still I have not received Canada PR application on Canadian address, I ordered from US on CIC website and provided Canada address of my friend 4 weeks back. I may have to collect forms from nearest CIC office to Mississauga.
<Picked up my PR card at the CIC office located on 55 St. Claire St.>
7. Please provide any info regarding travel from MD because if I take train from Union station WAS it starts morning 3 AM and reaches Toronto evening around 7 PM and I have read that in train they take I-94 and stamp the passport.
<Southwest is your best option> and enter via peace bridge.
Best Regards ,
Naman

 

[vault]

I have Canadian DL Only. It is not legal to have multiple DL's. If one gets caught, it's nothing but trouble. I drive my car into the US, and obey the speed limits. Moreover I am in the US only for 3 days, and the rest I work from home (Canada).

If you need to obtain the Canadian DL, you will have to surrender your US DL.

Problems at the border?

It depends on the Immigration officer whom you face. It will depend on the questions asked by the Immigration officer, and the answers you give.

If you are renting a car (Canadian plated) in the us, you should be fine. The rental car company will let you rent the car.