My landing experience

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I landed yesterday at Toronto and my experience was different sad to say.
I gave the first officer my passport and visa and she said your here to land? Then showed me where to go.
I sat and waited for another officer to interview me.
This guy looked like a teenager and acted like one also. I was pleasant all the way,cus you cant be any other way.
He kept shouting " PACKUP!! PACKUP!!" during asking me questions about my CAN address and how much money i have etc.

He shouts again across the room " PACK IT UP MAN!!"
Im there sitting in my chair thinking what the F!@#...

Again i had my angel face on and always polite and i told him..i'll leave the country to visit the USA..he says oh NO you cant do that!! Then countinues writing..so i ask..er..what do i do?
He then says when i reach the USA i apply for a CAN visa.

Now lets see who can figure out why my interview was rushed down??
Give up?
I landed at 11.50pm and went to his office at MIDNIGHT..now thats when they change shifts..so my dear friend was shouting to his other buddies..PACK UP..LETS GO!!

In retrospect i felt hurt that i didnt get any "welcome to canada" or any welcome pack..oh well maybe he had a rough day,god bless him.

On the flip side it was 4c here today and i visited family. Im off to get my SIN number and do bank stuff soon as well as broadcast my resume, i already got a call for a job.

I know that this time will be tough away from home plus the winter blues but hey i know this place is cold and i expect that.

Glad to hear your experience was pleasant. I guess its how the officer feels on that day.

Good luck and yes Canada is a great place!

My time lines were:
may 5th 2004 Trinidadian embassy acknowledged my application form

April 5th 2006 Got a letter for medical forms and another to fill out just like the first application..it was just for "information" they said.

Oct 3rd got a letter saying my PR was approved..please submit passport with photo..3 weeks later im landed.
Total time=2.5 years

All the trini's out there in the May 2004 batch your turn is NOW and they are working on that group. Sorry to say none other will be processed until that batch is completed ( got that info from another website)

NB: Trinidad/POS is one of the FASTEST process centers..yeah compare 2.5 years with 5 and 4 years for other countries.
Hold tight your turn will be next.

Thanks to all of you in this forum..its the best! Thank you all

Anonymous 30 Oct 2006, 03:40 - Report