POE question-Activating Visa during visit-before moving

[Darryl 0]

Hey VJ'ers,

I have a question about the POE stuff. I hoping to get my Visa delivered this week. Once it comes, my wife and I will be booking a trip to fly to the US to go house shopping etc. We will be flying out of Toronto so of course will need to go through airport security/customs etc...

We are not moving to the US during this trip - we will be after we buy a house and all that (likely 4-6 weeks after this trip). Do we have to activate the Visa and all that stuff during this first trip across the border or is that done when we are actually moving? Would it be easier to do this during this trip (not having our U-Haul all packed up and ready for a 24 hour drive), or does it have to be done when we are physically moving?

Any opinions or information?

Also - I am going to be bringing my Canadian purchased car across the border when we do move, can I get the paperwork at the airport to import it? Does anyone know the forms/information we need to get that process going? (i"ve read some stuff about it on here but some of it is dated and hard to follow)

Thanks everyone for your info!

Darryl

[Caladan 19]

If you look over the Canada section, flames (I think it's flames!) has a couple posts with all the information you'll need on how to import your car.

As far as activating the CR-1, it seems to be reasonably common for someone to 'activate' the visa, then return home, pack up, and move on down.