Need Advice - Advance Parole - Canada PR - Page 2

lol.. its not about getting stuck there. Its the 10 year ban that worries me. If I get stuck there and could come back with a visa whenever I want, it would be great. lol. But to leave home and not be able to return for 10 years is tough to digest.

Completely as Ianus said. Canada ain't a state sponsor of terrorism. You're probably in the clear.

From what I've heard and seen posted on this forum border patrol asks you a few simple questions and you're on your way when you cross with advanced parole.

When I crossed into the USA a week or ago I saw a few people cross with permits of some sort. I didn't ask if any of them were under DACA, but they weren't treated any differently from anyone else. I seriously doubt you will run into issues if you're granted the advanced parole. They might question you why you have advanced parole and why you have Canadian residency if that is the document you use(I'm assuming you have a passport from another country) otherwise they might just ask you from what country you're a citizen. After that they will let you be on your way.

What is your country of birth? Is it somewhere in the middle east that it worries you with the current USA relations or something? If you don't have felonies on your record or you're not from he middle east you will likely have a smooth time. Not sure why you're so worried. If you have the documents(advanced parole and identification) and show respect to the border patrol when crossing such as not yelling at them or being a wise ass you're not likely to have a hard time.

No I am not from the middle east. I guess I am just worried, about them rejecting my entry bc of my Canadian PR visa. I will keep some work documents with me while returning, the issue is those documents are confidential bc it will completely map out our clients IT infrastructure including its vulnerability. I dunno, but all I can say is I am losing sleep over this. No Good.

Btw, anyone know how long it typically takes to get a receipt number from USCIS for AP? I sent my application in last week but I still have not received a receipt number.

You should receive a receipt within a week or more. Also try getting a case with a number lock and keep the documents in there or something of that nature.

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to give a brief update. I did get my advance parole approved by USCIS and was able to take the trip to Canada for my landing. I am including my experience below with Canadian Immigration and border patrol and US below.

While going, I was not asked any questions at all. They did not even ask me fore my I94. When I got the flight ticket, the rep came and check my passport and handed me the tickets. When I was boarding the flight, they checked for my Canadian Visa (which I had a immigrant Visa) and allowed me to board. I was a little nervous facing Canadian immigration because I was told that even if I had confirmation they can reject me once I land. Regardless, when I landed I had to see 3 different officers. 1 person just asked me the purpose of my visit and I told them that I was there to do my landing. Then she directed me to immigration where the very nice gentleman asked for my confirmation, the amount of money I brought and my Canadian address. He logged the details into the computer and said "Welcome to Canada, you are now a Canadian Permanent Resident" then directed me to this other person who was waiting for me to reach him with a welcome packet and some gifts (Can you believe that?) He also handed me some informational packets and asked me to continue to customs. Since I was not immigrating this time, I did not want to give them a list of goods to follow (which you have to provide so that the items you bring are not taxed). I asked the customs officer if it was ok for me to bring them next time and he said it was perfectly fine so as long as I do not buy any new items. Then I was off to Canada.. I am happy to say that I am a Canadian Permanent Resident. While coming back it was a bit more nerve wrecking. When I was printing my ticket, it asked for the airline rep to verify my travel documents, but she did not know what AP was. I was with a coworker, who was also on AP but since he travelled before his AP had stamps on it. The Rep thought that my AP was not valid because it did not have stamps on it. So I explained to her that this was my first time travelling therefore no stamps. Anyways, after speaking to her superior she gave us our tickets and we went our way to meet with CBP officers.

Since there was no one on the line, we went all the way to the front. I was waiting to be called, because I did not just want to go up to anyone. However, the CBP officer seemed a little annoyed by that.. so he looked me very rude and sternly asked if he can help me. I went up to him and gave him my passport and my AP. He did not ask me any questions, all he asked me to do was the fingerprints and took a picture. Then he told me to go to the second room. Now, since I was dealing with 2 different immigrations, I had created 2 folders to carry. 1 of them had all my docs for Canada and the other had all my docs for US, which included my AP, my DACA approval, my EAD, my DL, my old I94, Job letter, invitation to conference in Canada, etc. So when I walked into the second room the officer said give me everything, so I initially gave him my passport and 2 copies of AP but he again said no give me everything. So I reluctantly gave him my entire folder. Even he didn't ask me any questions. He called me in about 10 mins. He turned my passport and 1 copy of AP and said I was good to go. Then he added that he didn't need the documents in the folder. That is when I laughed and said that I was not going to him that but since he kept repeating everything I just handed it to him. He chuckled a bit and let me go on my way.

Overall the experience was good. I am very happy I was not asked any questions at all. The only thing is Canadians are very friendly and the experience with their immigration and customs was much nicer then dealing with US. However, it was good, I surely thought that he would have asked me about my Canadian Resident Visa since he stamped the passport right opposite of it but not a single question was asked by either CBP officers. One thing though, for Canada you face US CBP before boarding the flight in Canada only after that it is looked at as a local flight entering the US. Which was great because I figured if they don't let me in then I can just stay in Canada. I will be travelling again in a month or so, since I have multiple entry AP till May 2014. I will try to travel to different places including the country that I am from and get everything done before then. Also one thing, I spoke to a lawyer about this, if you have AP approved then technically you can travel to any country. The country your approved for is not the only country you can travel to. Just FYI, I think I saw some people ask that question. Let me know if you guys have any questions. I just wanted to give everyone an update since I was so worried and all of you helped me out.

How did you start the process of obtaining Canadian residency? can you elaborate on that, and tell the details how it started and so on and so forth?

I am very interested in finding out more about this particular issue.

@justAnotherDreamer thanks for sharing!!

I applied for AP. Want to visit grandma. Im a lil skeptical tho bc Im EWI :/ what if i return and they say no

Hey I sent you a private message. I just wanted to know the steps u took to get ur pr. I m really interested.
thanks