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Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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I like hitting the road early, no one else is up,lol

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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True,lol I have drove numerous times now from VA to RI, and I like to hit the road around 0200. No tickets yet!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

~Laura and Nick~ Mentor

~Laura and Nick~   5

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Hope you have a wonderful time!!!!!

<3

Let's Keep the Song Going!!!

CANADA.GIFUS1.GIF

~Laura and Nicholas~

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Met online November 2005 playing City of Heroes

First met in Canada, Sept 22, 2006 <3

September 2006 to March 2008, 11 visits, 5 in Canada, 6 in NJ

Officially Engaged December 24th, 2007!!!

Moved to the U.S. to be with my baby on July 19th, 2008 on a K1 visa!!!!

***10 year green card in hand as of 2/2/2012, loving and living life***

Hmmm maybe we should move back to Canada! lol smile.png

Reba Experienced

Reba   2

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I was talking to a truck driver from Brampton this afternoon who will be picking up a shipment at our plant tomorrow, I almost asked him to bring me some Timmies :whistle: But he's already on this side of the border :P

divorced - April 2010 moved back to Ontario May 2010 and surrendered green card

PLEASE DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME OR EMAIL ME. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT CURRENT US IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES!!!!!

Sprailenes Veteran

Sprailenes   47

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AHH! It wasn't a 14 hour drive it was a 17 hour drive!!! It was insane going up because we did it on 3 hours of sleep, coming back wasn't so bad.

My son is depressed again, I guess that's going to happen each time.

I shot a gun for my first time, my mom and uncle were already up there hunting and stuff, they finally convinced me to shoot a gun. I never really liked shooting guns but it was actually kind of fun. Then I tried to shoot a partridge and I missed. I guess that's good for the partridge. Then we saw a snake and it had been run over by a car and it was crawling slowly with its guts hanging out, and we euthanized it with an ax. Then I befriended a beaver close to our camp and a duck too. Seeing all of my family was great, though I wish we all had more time to spend with each other.

This all makes me sound kind of rough, but I am not. In fact I used the air pump to fill up air mattresses as a hair dryer, and I made Mike put the worms on my fishing hook.

Oh and the border near Kingston is probably the fastest border I have ever seen in my life. But I guess it all depends when you use it, everyone was very nice both ways.

Donne moi une poptart!

thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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Glad you had a good time, sorry to hear your son is depressed again. He will get over it soon after he settles in. I know I get that way too after I go and come back.

17 hours..what a drive. It sounds like you had a lot of fun though. TEGAN AND SARA THIS FRI!! We must finalize plannzzzz.

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

Sprailenes Veteran

Sprailenes   47

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Glad you had a good time, sorry to hear your son is depressed again. He will get over it soon after he settles in. I know I get that way too after I go and come back.

17 hours..what a drive. It sounds like you had a lot of fun though. TEGAN AND SARA THIS FRI!! We must finalize plannzzzz.

YES! I was listening to the con in the car on the way home yesterday getting super excited!

Go online later tonight and we'll finalize everything. :D

Donne moi une poptart!

BH45 Rising Star

BH45   0

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Glad to read you had an enjoyable time. I'm not looking forward to the drive home, when I can go home, either. It's going to be longer for me....*giggles*.

April 13, 2009 - Welcome to the USA letter rec'd. PRC to be rec'd within 3 weeks.

April 16, 2009 - 2 yr GC rec'd in mail.

March 2, 2011 - Mailed in I-751 to CSC

March 4, 2011 - I-751 delivered to CSC

March 4, 2011 - NOA issued

March 12, 2011 - NOA received

April 14, 2011 - BIO Appt 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 - BIO done in 10 minutes...no re-takes this time :)

June 27, 2011 - Email rec'd "Status - Approved"

July 1, 2011 - 10 yr GC arrived

thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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Glad you had a good time, sorry to hear your son is depressed again. He will get over it soon after he settles in. I know I get that way too after I go and come back.

17 hours..what a drive. It sounds like you had a lot of fun though. TEGAN AND SARA THIS FRI!! We must finalize plannzzzz.

YES! I was listening to the con in the car on the way home yesterday getting super excited!

Go online later tonight and we'll finalize everything. :D

Shite. I did not see this. Tonight we shall talk.'

I'm glad you guys got nice border guards. The one I got on my way back to the US after Labour Day Weekend was a chump! I handed him my GC and passport and he was like, "I don't need your passport and when you coem through the US border again, just give us your green card.."

I felt like saying, SON OF A B! What if I stole this green card? Don't you want to know who I am???

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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Glad you had a good time, sorry to hear your son is depressed again. He will get over it soon after he settles in. I know I get that way too after I go and come back.

17 hours..what a drive. It sounds like you had a lot of fun though. TEGAN AND SARA THIS FRI!! We must finalize plannzzzz.

YES! I was listening to the con in the car on the way home yesterday getting super excited!

Go online later tonight and we'll finalize everything. :D

Shite. I did not see this. Tonight we shall talk.'

I'm glad you guys got nice border guards. The one I got on my way back to the US after Labour Day Weekend was a chump! I handed him my GC and passport and he was like, "I don't need your passport and when you coem through the US border again, just give us your green card.."

I felt like saying, SON OF A B! What if I stole this green card? Don't you want to know who I am???

Thast funny!! When i came back to the USA through Toronto (plane) I purposely just gave the POE chick my greencard and she demanded my passport,lol

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

trailmix Grand Master

trailmix   77

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I'm glad you guys got nice border guards. The one I got on my way back to the US after Labour Day Weekend was a chump! I handed him my GC and passport and he was like, "I don't need your passport and when you coem through the US border again, just give us your green card.."

I felt like saying, SON OF A B! What if I stole this green card? Don't you want to know who I am???

Thast funny!! When i came back to the USA through Toronto (plane) I purposely just gave the POE chick my greencard and she demanded my passport,lol

You know what I think is REALLY weird. All of us are kind of used to the 'no particular guidelines or procedures' of U.S. immigration. - but - even just looking at the examples above - is it just that they don't have any particular rules about what ID they will ask for, or is it just horrendous training of these folks.

Either way - it's not right.

thetreble Experienced

thetreble   19

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I'd actually like to know that as well. Do they not train them to follow the same procedures? Do these BP officers make the rules along as they go throughout their days? I am sure they are taught to hassel people. It was funny though because on Labour day Weekend the line up for the border was SUPER long. I waited for an hour and when I drove up the guy asked me, "Are you canadian?" I said "yep!" and he said, "Okay! have a nice day!"

And here we are..combating terrorism..one canadian BP officer at a time. haha

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

 
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