| Q. | us canada border customs? | Related Search:
Other - Canada | | | can i bring appliences into canada. also do i have to declare at the border that i'm planning to stay in canada?
| | A. | You can't just move to Canada.
You have to go through the immigration process and get permanent residency status BEFORE you move. It will take 1-3 years and cost $1,200 per person for application fees and associated costs.
IF you are married to a Canadian, then you can get a visitor visa at the border, and live in Canada while you are processing your immigration applications. On a visitor visa, you cannot work, study, or use the National Health Care, nor can you rent, get utilities, phone, etc. without a Social Insurance Number, which you get when permanent resident status is approved. To do this, you will have to show your marriage certificate to Immigration.
Also, if you get the visitor visa to live in Canada while processing your application, ONLY personal possession can be brought with you. This would be clothing and accessories, a laptop computer, and the kinds of things one would normally take on a trip. This does NOT include appliances, furniture, major electronics, etc. If you try to enter with these things, the chances are great you will have to go rent a storage facility for them on the U.S. side.
Sorry, but those are the laws, and they are enforced.
You can get all the information you need at the Canadian Immigration website, including application forms.
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To answer your specific question about taking appliances across, the item will have to be inspected to see that it meets Canadian Electrical standards, and there may be duty to be paid. | | | |
| Q. | Canada/US customs - border crossing tax's on purchases - Tax on Shipping Fees?? | Related Search:
Other - Canada | | | I am a Canadian citizen, and I live in a border city with the US. (Windsor, Ontario/ Detroit Michigan)
Because of this I have family who are also Canadian citizens but work in the US.
I shop online often, and have things shipped to my brothers work in Michigan since many online shops don't ship to Canada.
When you declare goods at the border on our way back over to Canada, they charge tax on anything purchased in the US. (Since tax in Michigan is 6% but Ontario tax is 13%)
My question is, if I purchased an item for say $5 and shipping cost $100. Would I be taxed on $5, or $105?? (this is not the case, its only simpler to explain this way)
Can customs charge tax on the shipping (service) costs? Or just the product that physically crosses the border?
Well my question is more so if they charge and why? What grounds would they have to charge taxes on shipping when the shipping never crossed into Canada? The shipping service started and ended WITHIN the US. So do they charge on services as well? - Well then what would happen if you get a flat tire while in the US. You have the tire FIXED in the US. Meaning you don't buy anything but a service. Will they tax you on getting a flat tire? Or if you host a party in the US, and buy food drinks and the service IN THE US. Guests come from Canada but the part is held in the US. On the way back if you say "I had a party, it cost $4,000. Are they going to tax you on that too? Even though you didn't buy any tangibles goods and the service is done in the US. It's not like the service is crossing the border, how can they tax you on something like that?
| | A. | It sounds strange but its true. The cost of item for customs purpose if the total cost including the shipping up to the last point from where if began uninterrupted journey to Canada. So if it was shipped to some where in US that gets added to it. It may be a good idea to take the items and not the box that it was shipped in. Also there is a substantial allowance that one can exercise if you bring the article with you in person. even if you go there just for a day. The customs agents are not so sticky about small articles.
You have to understand that the value of goods is not just the cost out of factory. It also includes the cost of other issues such as POSTAGE or freight upto the last point before it starts its travel to Canada. So if you ship some thing from China to Canada then the freight is not counted but if you ship it to Mexico and then some one in Mexico sends it to you then the price includes the cost upto Mexico. Same is the case here.
Further to this, if the package is inspected then the value is what is assessed by the customs agent and not what you say it is. You can always pay the duty, collect the goods and then later file for revision. It could be to your advantage or disadvantage. Believe me, the customs will send you a refund if they owe you or feel that the value was over assessed. | | | |
| Q. | anyone traveled across CANADA/ US border customs by bus? | Related Search:
Packing & Preparation | | | how long did it take, do they go through the whole bus? i need to know how it's going to delay my trip. do they have to go through all the luggage on the bus?
anyone who has actually experienced this please let me know how it went down. thanks
| | A. | I have and it didn't take very long. They came on the bus and asked where everyone was from. I couldn't see if they went through the luggage or not. Took about 15 mins total. Granted my trip was pre 9-11 so things may be a little different now. | | | |
| Q. | How long do small packages usually take going through customs at the canada-US border?? | Related Search:
Other - Canada | | | i really need this part as soon as possible and i am wondering how long it will take....thanks!
| | A. | Normally, when I purchase something from the States, it takes about 10-14 business days. From the day it was shipped to the day I received it. | | | |
| Q. | When crossing the border into the US by car. Do Customs Canada know that you have crossed the border? | Related Search:
Other - Canada | | | I am wondering if the US and Canada share information on the cars that cross the border on a daily basis.
| | A. | except at that one little border crossing in Maine where anyone at anytime cancross and no one knows about it and I guess no one cares. The news media was all over that fact for the last couple of years. You are supposed to stop and call in to someone and tell them you are crossing. As if ..... | | | |
| Q. | Anyone concerned about the Bush plan to put up a fence along Canada/US border? | Related Search:
Other - News & Events | | | Seems to me when the wall came down in Germany it was a good thing. Is it Canadas fault that Terrorists get through US Customs crossing the border? We may not catch them getting into Canada but its not like we let them into the US. I get told all the time when I go to the US, that I have to stop letting Terrorists into the US. I like the US people and dont want them blode up anymore than I want me Blode up. It takes 10 minutes for me to get through US Customs but 2 hours to back into Canada and I'm born and raised Canadian.
This information is according to the US media reality or not, and a wall is a wall
It was US Democrats that compared it to the Berlin Wall
Sorry if Blode up confused anyone!! BLOWN UP!! Did I confuse anyone other than the one person? Must be bad humor
| | A. | Is he trying to keep people out or is he trying to keep us from escaping to a free country? | | | |
| Q. | How long does it take to drive across the us/canada border? | Related Search:
Other - Canada | | | Specifically, US going to Canada at Point Edwards (the I-94 that turns into the 204 on the Canadian side), and also at Rainbow Bridge, going form Canada back into the US.
Including traffic, going through any customs or border security. And how the process kinda works if you know?
im hopefully looking for a time frame, 20 min is different then 2 hours. are there different times in the day that it is better to travel?
| | A. | It is going to depend on when you go. Obviously, long weekends or holidays are longer.
Here is a link that you can see current wait times.
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There is a spot on there to hook it up to a wireless device too. (nice for when you are on the road, or your hotel **gasp** doesnt have internet access)
Basically, you will drive up to the border crossing. The border guard will greet you and and ask for your travel documents. Since you are driving, this can be your passport or proof of citizenship (birth certificate) and government issued photo ID (drivers license). They will usually check this in the computer to ensure you arent on any kind of list to be stopped from entry.
A tip: a passport is the best document. If it is lost it is much easier to be replaced than a birth certificate...and you dont want to be waiting in Canada for that document, as much as we enjoy having you. ;)
If you have any electronic equipment or items you would like on record that you have with you now, let the guard know. There will be a form to fill out. This helps for when you come back, and you dont have to "prove" you didnt buy the item in Canada to pay duty on it.
The officer will ask the purpose of your visit. This is to ensure you arent planning on staying longer than what is legally allowed. It also gives the guard a "feeling" for if you are hiding something to prompt them for more questions. (eg if you are figitting, wont look them in the eye etc) You may also be asked about how much money you are bringing, the address of where you are going in Canada etc.
Sometimes, either a random check or based on your answers will prompt a complete search of your vehicle. That is a pain. It can be just taking apart your luggage...or from the wheels down. I've traveled many times and never had that, but I know people who have.
Here is another good link off the Border Crossing site:
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