Visitor Visa

Back tracking here.

Monday Dec. 4. Kirk had to pick up some material in Sarnia and decided to renew his Visitor Visa. I was tense about the whole thing because he's put it off well past Oct. 15 deadline.
It states on the visa; conditions # 3." Must leave Canada by 15 Oct. 2006."

As you can tell, he is still here. He did have to jump through a few hoops to stay.

God really does watch out for us. He was fortunate to get an understanding Customs Officer.
Kirk sat and watched two people interrogated sent back to the USA. They were in line before him. It is now his turn. He presents his case with all the paperwork that I sent with him. We are trying to comply with all the requests Immigration requires. The Officer stated he could tell that, by what was on his computer screen.

However, the officer did chew Kirk out for not renewing by Oct 15. He told him that he could arrest him and send him to the USA. Instead, he made Kirk drive to the USA and return like a new arrival. Then he chewed him out some more. I think, Kirk got the message and a new visitor visa valid until June 4, 2007 with plans of renewing May 4, 2007 as instructed.

We sure hope that all the immigration hassle will be over with by then.

On a bright note, we did get a part refund on the fee - $485.00.

On May 2, 2006, the Government of Canada announced that the Right of Permanent Residence Fee of immigration to Canada would be reduced by almost fifty percent from $975 to $490. This change impacts on all sponsorship that are in process where the fee has been submitted and where the potential immigrant to Canada has not become a permanent resident of Canada prior to May 3, 2006.