I am traveling with my Canadian girlfriend to Canada for the first time. I am British. What should we do when passing immigration?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 26 Jul, 2023
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I just checked with a Canadian living abroad who has come home for visits and brought his non-Canadian girlfriend with him. They lined up together in the non-Canadian passport line. This enabled him to confirm that she was visiting with him etc. When they entered the hall, they actually asked a staff member about lining up and he reports that she asked them “are you together?” and then “but are you together?” in that tone that people use to young couples. On getting a yes, she told them to line up in the non Canadian line and they also went to the desk together.
I have seen on Border Security where a couple lined up separately and customs went and found the other one to confirm the visitor’s story that she had a place to stay and so on.
You didn’t ask, but you should probably fill out one landing card for the two of you also. That’s what the visitor I checked with did.
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