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All,
Have heard mixed news on doing this. Our friends have just received our PR cards (from our recent landing) at their address in Toronto. Rather than drive all the way there, we asked them to pop the correpondence in another envelope and register mail it to our U.S. address. Is this ok? Any problems with this?
Thanks much.
[23-10-2006,14:42]
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Richard |
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(in reply to: Mailing PR Cards)
I am wondering the same thing. We are hoping to land this weekend (if we find someone to send the PR cards to) and will be faced with the same decision. I have heard from several people that it´s fine to have friends send the cards across the border, but I also read somewhere that it´s illegal to do so. Am interested as well if anyone has experience with this.
[23-10-2006,15:56]
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wannabecanadian |
(in reply to: Mailing PR Cards)
Yes, we´d appreciate if someone could advise. Bob mentioned that he had Canadian friends Federal Express to his U.S. address with no problem. But maybe regular mail is subject to other rules.
Congratulations on your soon-to-be landing. We´re glad we didn´t delay because (as we found out) this is the date the 3-month wait for health coverage begins. You could contact a hotel, real estate agent, or lawyer (if you already have or plan on doing business with them) and they may receive and hold your cards for you.
[23-10-2006,16:13]
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Richard |
(in reply to: Mailing PR Cards)
wannabe and Richard - Like I said it´s perfectly legal, and on the FEDEX envelope I had to declare the contents and value of the contents, and I put permanent resident cards, and it went through customs; it´s probably been done hundreds or more times. The reason why I splurged for $32 for FEDEX is that I spoke to someone who used to work for the US post office and she advised that to be really safe FEDEX would be more secure. Mail from Canada (and vice versa) must go through two systems, Canadian and USA, which are independent of one another and therefore, you can send it registered from one country, but it won´t continue as a registered piece into the other country, e.g., a registered letter from the USA is sent in a locked box, but doesn´t continue this way with the same controls after it leaves the US post office and enters another country and a different postal system, where it´s treated just like a regular piece of mail. Actually at least in the USA you can´t send registered mail into another country and it´s probably the same way in Canada. There may be something in Canada that´s more secure, I don´t think so. FEDEX mail, on the other hand, is handled only by FEDEX, not by two independent organizations, and I got the stuff in about a day or so. Basically, I didn´t want the hassle of having the cards lost and having to go through the whole process of taking pictures again, filling out forms, and so forth, which to me would be more painful than shelling out the $32, even though the chance of this happening might be small.
[24-10-2006,00:11]
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Bob |
(in reply to: Mailing PR Cards)
Thanks Bob! Yes, definitely $32 well spent. I´ll do the same. Thanks for the information about the postal systems; that might be good to know in the future as well.
[24-10-2006,07:47]
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wannabecanadian |
(in reply to: Mailing PR Cards)
Glad it was helpful, wannabecanadian, and good luck.
[24-10-2006,18:30]
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Bob |
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