Thread: visiting Canada to get to know on-line boyfriend
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Old 22nd May 2009, 02:33 AM
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Originally from scotland. Expat in canada.
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My boyfriend just spoke with some people at the border and they made it sound like the fact that I don't have a job waiting for me in the US might raise some eyebrows. I have a daughter here (17) which is good, but they want me to show them that I am truly a visitor. For some reason the immigration officer doesn't like people selling their house, quitting their job and coming to canada to get to know their on-line boyfriend. That somehow this makes someone more than a visitor. I have no intentions of working there in the next year, and if it works out with this guy, then yes I would like to work up there but at the moment I would like to spend time with him to see where this is going. My back up plan is to move to California.
I suppose my big worry is what if they ask if I have a job waiting for me back home. If I'm honest and say I quit can they keep me out of Canada?
And should I ask for 6 months right at first or say I'm only staying for a couple of months to not raise suspicion. ????
Alysia.

You and/or your boyfriend have opened a can of worms. There was no need to tell the border people anything other than you are going to visit. Millions of Americans cross into Canada each year on vacation with minimal or no questioning. Drive to the border, tell them you are visiting for a couple of months. Say nothing about selling your house, quitting your job. This information they don't need to know.
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