P.S: The following post is a personal experience of one of our fellow immigrants. Please do not take this as an advice but rather note key points that can help you in your landing experience.

I was living in Canada and had applied from Buffalo for Permanent Residency. I was a student and was already in Canada over an year.

Although I did not have a US visa, I went to Niagara Falls, Canada and took the pedestrian walkway on the Rainbow Bridge located there. The bridge is meant to take you to the US borders. I just kept walking on the bridge, deposited the 25 cents toll and continued. After almost 15 minutes of walking, I reached the US border. I informed the US border officials that that I was actually trying to do Landing in Canada. They asked if I have an US visa and I replied that I don’t have one.

They asked for further identification and gave me a paper called Entry Denial. I took the paper and walked back. Once I reached the Canadian border, I told them that I am here for landing and gave them the “Entry Denial” paper.

It took me like 20-25 minutes to finish my Landing and Customs. I hear that depending upon the crowd at the border, it may take somewhere between 20 minutes to over an hour. I was issued a Confirmation of Permanent Residence and Customs clearance letter. The same day, I came back and applied for my SIN number at Service Canada, went to the OHIP office and applied for my health card.

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