Matters needing attention in immigration to Canada International Airport for transit.

Every year, many people come from China to visit relatives and friends. Even if their English is ok, if they don't travel abroad often, they will be a little at a loss when they arrive at the international airport. Parents who come to visit relatives with difficulties in English communication are even more at a loss. Here, 86 has collected and sorted out the whole strategy of Canada International Airport, hoping to help friends who are coming to Canada soon!

1, domestic part (similar in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong)

1. Check in at domestic airports. If it is a joint flight ticket, the counter will give you boarding passes for international and domestic flights. Please keep them. Checked baggage will indicate the destination, such as YYZ is Toronto, Vancouver is YVR, and YUL is Montreal. Don't tear it off casually.

2. It is relatively simple to go through China Customs, security check and duty-free shop shopping. Take your passport and boarding pass.

2. After boarding the plane

The stewardess will give each passenger a form, which is the customs declaration form of Canada. Regardless of nationality, everyone must fill it out every time they enter Canada! Friends with poor English can know the Chinese translation of this form in advance, or ask neighbors how to fill it out. It is better to fill out this form before getting off the plane, which can save time.

3. Arrive at the airport (airport procedures in Toronto and Vancouver are basically the same)-> Pick up your luggage-> Luggage clearance

After the plane arrived at the Canadian airport, there were people who could speak Chinese and some Chinese signs everywhere. Just get off the plane with other passengers on the plane, and then go through the immigration formalities directly.

If you hold a Canadian passport or a Maple Leaf Card+China passport, Vancouver and Toronto airports are now equipped with fast automatic customs declaration equipment (instead of border inspectors). Follow the machine prompts, then pick up your luggage and hand it over to the door staff for declaration, and go out or transfer directly.

If you have a Canadian passport and visa, please line up behind the line marked by China tourists. Please show your passport, customs declaration and other necessary documents to the border inspectors when you enter the country, and answer their questions truthfully. It doesn't matter if you don't know English. There is a Chinese translator.

They will check your passport, visa and declaration form and ask you some boring questions, such as what you are doing here, who you know in Canada, whether there are contraband in your luggage, how long you will stay, and so on. Ask questions, stamp and endorse your passport, mark the declaration form, and then return everything to you together. You need to give the declaration form to the staff at the door after you get your luggage.

If your parents are super visas, please print out the medical insurance policy of super visas and bring them with you. Maybe the customs border guards will ask.

If it is the first time for foreign students to land, they need to apply for a study permit at the entry point, while new immigrants need the whole family to go through the relevant formalities at the airport immigration office, which takes a long time.

Then you can get your luggage: together? Baggage claim? Sign, go to the baggage carousel. According to the flight number, find the corresponding baggage carousel, and each carousel has the flight number, waiting to claim the baggage. It is recommended to carry a few coins with you. There are carts at the baggage claim area, and some need to be coin-operated.

If your transfer time is less than 90 minutes, you can contact the staff to queue up in the fast lane.

After you get your baggage from the plane, if you want to transfer, please don't take off your baggage tag to avoid problems when you check in for domestic flights in Canada.

After you get your luggage, put it in the exit passage if you don't transfer. When you pass the exit, please give the completed customs declaration form to the staff at the door.

Customs at Vancouver and Toronto airports sometimes check passengers' luggage. If you are unlucky, they will ask you to push your luggage aside for inspection. It is forbidden to bring fruits, meat, contraband, animal and plant products, and you must declare if you bring more than 1 10,000 Canadian dollars.

Finally, you take your luggage, come out of the passage, push open the door behind them, and you will successfully enter Canada!

4. About the entry inspection of transit customs-> Pick up your luggage-> Baggage clearance-> Re-check and board the plane

If you need to transfer to other cities in Canada after arriving in Vancouver or Toronto, whether you have a joint ticket or not, you need customs entry inspection-> Pick up your luggage-> Baggage clearance-> Then check in and board the plane. For example, if you are Air Canada, China Eastern Airlines+Air Canada, or other airlines, your luggage must be taken out in Vancouver or Toronto.

Transfer passengers have to go to another transfer channel, and the process is similar to the above: give the declaration form to the customs officer at the door, and they can push the luggage away without your inspection. Follow? Contact? That sign, and then to? Transfer check-in counter Check the luggage again.

It is best to transfer flights at intervals of more than 3 hours.

If the connecting flight is from the same airline or alliance, it will be much more convenient to get two boarding passes when checking in at home. For example, if you have a boarding pass to Calgary, show it to the staff and he will guide you to the corresponding passage. At this time, you only need to send your luggage, which can save a lot of time.

Check whether the luggage tag on the luggage is still there, and don't check what you want with you, such as Canadian passport and boarding pass, and give the luggage directly to the staff. At this time, you'd better ask them which boarding gate your flight is at and how to get there. Then according to your boarding pass, go to the boarding gate of Canada. If you can't find it, ask the airport staff or someone who can speak Chinese around you.

Because there are also time differences in major cities in Canada. If you need to transfer, you must check the airport time.

If it is a joint flight of different airlines, some of them need to be transferred to other terminals, such as Toronto Airport. Generally, it is 1 to No.3 or No.3 to 1, so it is necessary to push the luggage from one terminal to another. Because it's too far, you'd better take the airport shuttle bus, so you can move quickly. It is suggested that you must ask clearly when issuing tickets. Which terminal is your airline in? You can view it at the following link:/en/flights/airlines-destinations/.

If your English is not good, the easiest way is to ask the bellboy to take you to the departure hall after you take your luggage. The fee is 10 USD. You can translate what you want to say into English in advance and write it on paper.

5. Flight delay

What about domestic flights? What should I do if the flight in Vancouver/Toronto is delayed and I can't catch the next flight?

Don't worry at this time, as long as it is a joint ticket, the airline will be responsible for changing it for you free of charge.

If there is no flight to that city that night, the airline will provide accommodation. You can leave your luggage in the customs hall to pick it up tomorrow morning, or you can change your flight again and check it directly. So you can go into battle light. If you are in a good mood and there is nothing urgent, you can change your flight later the next day and go to Vancouver/Toronto for half a day in the morning.

For staying overnight at Toronto airport, please refer to the link:/northamerica/toronto-airport.htm # terminalguide.

For staying overnight at Vancouver Airport, please refer to the link:/northamerica/Vancouver-airport.htm.

Step 6: Skills

Parents who come to visit relatives don't have to worry if they have difficulties in English communication. Prepare a common Chinese-English conversation for them (our information center has templates for reference only) for parents to take with them. In some cases, they will take it out and point out the corresponding words to help people, and remember to leave your phone number in common conversations.