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Jul. 20th, 2016 11:21 amBeen waiting for that paperwork to get to the consultant's office. CIC London didn't send it by courier, just regular post and to be fair, any time G. sent me a card it could take up to two weeks. I blame Canada Post and there has been a slowdown of sorts since they're teetering on the verge of a possible strike or lockout. Lucky they hadn't gone out. When they put it in the post in London, that was just before the possibility I think. Anyway, I got an email notice for the final invoice for the consultant's fee yesterday so I called to find out if they'd got the paperwork yet and they had just that morning. We're going in for a meeting with the consultant tomorrow after work, just to go over what to expect at the border crossing interview, I think and if there's any final things to talk about or ask, we can do it then.
Turns out we can't do the interview in Halifax, not sure why so will ask tomorrow. Instead, we have to go to a border. Since we aren't flying anywhere, we'll drive to the US border and do it there. That means a road trip! It's the best part of 6 hours to get there, driving up to New Brunswick and west to the US at Calais, Maine/St. Stephen NB. I don't know how long it will take, I guess it depends on how busy they are with this sort of thing. With any luck, they'll have someone dedicated to doing this, not just any old border official because they'll be busy with tourists, random checks of cars and paperwork etc.
Since it's so far to go, we want to stay over somewhere before coming back and picked a pretty town nearby, St. Andrews which is quite historic as it happens. Then we can stop off in a couple of places on the way back, one to see a cousin and get a cuppa or some lunch and one in Moncton where my BFF lives for supper and a visit. IT's about 2.5 hours home from there with the sun not down until well after 9 or 9:30 so we won't be driving back in the dark.
All that's left for him to do then is to change his address with the government and they send him a Permanent Resident ID card. Yay!
Turns out we can't do the interview in Halifax, not sure why so will ask tomorrow. Instead, we have to go to a border. Since we aren't flying anywhere, we'll drive to the US border and do it there. That means a road trip! It's the best part of 6 hours to get there, driving up to New Brunswick and west to the US at Calais, Maine/St. Stephen NB. I don't know how long it will take, I guess it depends on how busy they are with this sort of thing. With any luck, they'll have someone dedicated to doing this, not just any old border official because they'll be busy with tourists, random checks of cars and paperwork etc.
Since it's so far to go, we want to stay over somewhere before coming back and picked a pretty town nearby, St. Andrews which is quite historic as it happens. Then we can stop off in a couple of places on the way back, one to see a cousin and get a cuppa or some lunch and one in Moncton where my BFF lives for supper and a visit. IT's about 2.5 hours home from there with the sun not down until well after 9 or 9:30 so we won't be driving back in the dark.
All that's left for him to do then is to change his address with the government and they send him a Permanent Resident ID card. Yay!
