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languageladki   0

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Hi all. I asked this question before but I don't know if people aren't understanding my question or what? Nobody has replied after 45 views.

My husband wants to cross into the US with his CR-1 just for a little while and then go back to Canada to settle up his business. We know that with a CR-1 he has 10 years to bring his goods to the US. Several people said on VJ that they crossed and then went directly back to Canada. One person said they activated the visa, went across and got gas and then turned around and went back to Canada, moving all their stuff later. We are confused as to whether or not my husband can come for Easter weekend and activate the CR-1 when he crosses and then go back to Canada Monday to finish up his job and other obligations there for the rest of the month of April. If he comes in using the Visa he only has to have the customs form for the items with him, right? So a suitcase with clothes and toiletries would all be allowed stuff and we could write "nothing to declare" on the customs form. This is true right?

My husband is afraid that they will want the other inventory form of everything he owns that will be coming later; he hasn't even packed and can't provide that now because he doesn't know how many boxes, etc. of different things he will have, nor does he know the exact date he'll move with his stuff.

He called Customs and the girl told him that if he wasn't crossing to live there at that moment that he couldn't activate the visa. This is totally untrue right? I told him that I thought the girl didn't know what she was talking about and that I thought he should try to cross using the visa and just listing what's in his suitcase on the customs form for items coming over with him.

Any comments or ideas? This is totally confusing.

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Kez/JWolf   6

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Why would he be declaring stuff he is not bringing at this entry? they are not interested in what he might bring on a future entry only what he has at that moment.... he would declare what he has on entry this visit and when he moves his stuff he can declare it at that time....

Kez

 
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