Matters needing attention when entering Canada

More and more students choose to study in Canada, so what are the precautions for entering Canada? Let's take a look! Welcome to reading.

Matters needing attention when entering Canada

I. Entry Procedures for Canada

1. Fill in the customs declaration form on the plane, and the whole family can fill in L copies. You can ask the waiter to help you fill it out. Before the plane lands, the crew will report the weather and temperature on the ground and prepare clothes properly.

2. After the plane stops, pack your carry-on luggage and follow the crowd into the airport lobby in an orderly manner.

3. Accept immigration inspection

(1) When you get off the plane in Vancouver, you will be welcomed by "Community Adaptation and Airport Reception for New Immigrants" (CANN), and you can provide multilingual services to help them enter the immigration inspection channel;

(2) After showing your passport and immigrant visa, you will be told to queue up at the new entry-exit inspection office on the right;

(3) At the new border checkpoint, the immigration officer verifies the identity, and the whole process takes as short as 5- 10 minutes and as long as 30-60 minutes. If you don't understand the immigration officer's questions, you can seek Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) translation help;

The questions asked by the immigration officer include: "Have you been to Canada before"; "Whether there is a criminal record"; "Whether the situation of marriage and children has changed" and so on. When you ask "How much money did you bring", you should answer truthfully according to the amount in Item 8 of the application form (generally, random inspection is not allowed); When asked "Are there any items to be checked in later", please answer truthfully;

(4) After verifying the identity, the immigration officer will ask everyone to sign their immigration documents. The signature should be in pinyin, with a name and surname, and the accompanying children should be signed by the main applicant. After that, the immigration officer will stamp the entry stamp on the passport and hand it over to the social security card application form and other resettlement information kits to keep these materials properly.

4. Claim the baggage, remove the checked baggage from the baggage conveyor belt of the relevant airline and put it on the cart.

5. Customs inspection. Carry all checked baggage and hand-held articles, show your passport, entry visa and customs declaration form to the customs inspectors for inspection. Prepare two lists, one for personal belongings and the other for goods to be shipped. Generally, luggage and articles are not checked out of the box. Generally, only X-rays and police inspections are carried out to prevent drugs.

6. If you need to transfer, leave the quarantine area and enter the airport lobby to check in in Toronto (or elsewhere) and check your luggage.

7. Be careful when you arrive at your destination and leave the airport. Don't panic and wait patiently if the relatives and friends who pick you up don't arrive. If you want to make a public phone call, don't let strangers look after your luggage. You must take your bags with you, such as documents and money. In addition, you'd better change some small Canadian dollars at the airport.

8. You can get a map of the city where you live at the airport, and usually arrange to stay at the home or hotel of relatives and friends on the first night after you arrive in Canada. Generally, hotels in the city center are more expensive, motels near the city center are cheaper, and you can also stay in YMCA and YWCA rooms.

9. Contact local relatives and friends after check-in, and call the domestic family to report peace.

10. Before renting or buying a house, you can rent in some apartments in short rent. The rent is lower than that of hotels, but higher than that of private houses, but you can move out at any time without a lease, and you can cook for yourself during your stay.

Two. Entry precautions

1. Vancouver Airport in Canada is usually busy on weekends in summer, which is also the peak time for immigrants to land. It may take more than two hours to prepare for immigration procedures. Immigrants should not worry, and the airport pick-up person should arrange the airport pick-up time accordingly. It takes 2-3 hours to transfer.

2. Canada Customs has no restrictions on funds (cash, checks, bank drafts, etc.). ), but you must declare a large amount of cash (more than $65,438+0,000 in cash), and generally do not check it on the spot. To deposit money in a bank in Canada, a large deposit (more than 5,000 yuan) requires proof of origin, and the data on the immigrant visa just shows it.

If you tell the immigration officer that you don't have much money, the immigration officer may refuse you entry, thinking that the living expenses are not enough, which will cause the government's relief burden.

You don't need to prove that you have been vaccinated when you enter Canada, but you'd better bring your vaccination certificate or case. Children need to provide their own vaccination certificates to prove their immunity and facilitate enrollment.

5. The customs inspection of immigrants entering the country for the first time is relatively loose, and the customs inspection of entry and exit will be carried out normally in the future.

6. It's best to make a list of your personal belongings, and then make a list of the luggage that will arrive in the future (mail, air, sea). As long as you can prove that these items are privately owned and used (not for profit), you can bring them into this country duty-free. If there is anything undeclared, you must pay customs duty. There are detailed regulations on the entry of pets, cars or jewelry.

7. Restricted items:

(1) Fresh food and meat products are not allowed, and the customs ban is very strict. No matter how strange the local products are, don't force them through;

(2) It is prohibited to bring into the country books, periodicals, audio-visual products and computer software that have been copied without authorization.

8. All Canadian residents who go abroad to return to Canada need customs inspection and duties. In addition to tobacco and alcohol products, if you leave the country for more than 24 hours, your personal allowance will be 50 yuan; If you leave the country for more than 48 hours, you will receive personal allowance from 200 yuan; For those who leave the country for 7 days or more, the personal allowance is 500 yuan.

Passengers aged 65,438+09 or above can carry up to 200 cigarettes (65,438+0), 50 cigars, 65,438+0.65,438+0 liters of wine or spirits, or 8.5 liters of beer.

Three. Prevention of entry and expulsion

1. Canada's entry restrictions mainly include:

(1) Seriously damaged health or suffering from infectious diseases;

(2) Those who are unable or unwilling to support themselves, carry insufficient funds or lack the means of living may become a burden to the public;

(3) people accused of crimes and people accused of different cases;

(4) As far as Canada knows, people who engage in espionage or subvert democratic governments may engage in or subvert any government by force when entering the country, which may endanger national security;

(5) engaging in violent activities, endangering the life or safety of the Canadian people, social order or infringing on public interests;

(6) Criminals who have committed major crimes or engaged in organized crimes are criminals on the Canadian government's blacklist of prohibited entry and are wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization;

(7) Using forged passports, visas, entry permits or other documents;

(8) Those who have been deported for violating the law or committing crimes in Canada;

(9) Those who enter the country in the name of tourism are not real tourists.

2. Possibility of a person with a criminal record entering Canada:

(1) Even if you commit a criminal offence that can be prosecuted, the maximum sentence is below 10, or you commit several misdemeanors, the chief immigration officer has the right to grant you the right to travel for up to 30 days;

(2) If you have a criminal record and cannot enter the country, you can prove to the immigration officer that you have turned over a new leaf. If you commit a crime in Canada, you can be sentenced to more than 10 years, or you can emphasize that you are completely clean after serving your sentence for more than five years;

(3) For minor crimes, prospective immigrants can show evidence to the Canadian government to prove that they have turned over a new leaf, and five years have passed after the end of the sentence (if they are under 265,438+0 years old at the time of committing the crime, the sentence will end within two years);

(4) If you plan to travel to Canada, but you are not sure whether you can enter Canada, you can ask the Canadian embassy and consulate before you leave, and consult the staff of the embassy so that you can enter Canada smoothly when you arrive at the Canadian border. Sometimes you have to attend a special meeting, or enter Canada for other purposes, but you are blocked at the border and delayed your trip;

(5) If it is impossible to enter the country, the Canadian Minister may grant special permission to enter the country under special circumstances. The validity period of this special license shall not exceed 65,438+02 months and may be terminated at any time. The minister in charge of the immigration bill has the right to extend the permit period.

3. The main circumstances of Canada's deportation are:

(1) did not inform the Canadian Immigration Bureau of the fact that he was sentenced for violating the law before arriving in Canada;

(2) Being sentenced for breaking the law while living in Canada;

(3) using false or forged documents to enter Canada;

(4) Those who enter Canada with a conditional immigrant visa and fail to fulfill their promises need to get married within 90 days if they need to succeed in starting a business within two years.

Four. Handling baggage accidents in air travel

1. Luggage damage

If luggage is found damaged in the cargo hold, it should be handled at the baggage conveyor belt or the special counter of the airline. Passengers must fill in the luggage damage report, and the airline will arrange special personnel to repair the luggage. Or passengers can send their own repairs and then send the receipt back to the airline to settle claims; If the damage is beyond repair, some airlines will pay for a new suitcase, while others will pay cash compensation according to the depreciation rate of 1 year and the year of luggage purchase.

According to the regulations of the International Aviation Association, if the luggage is damaged during international transportation, a written complaint should be made to the carrier within 7 days after the damage. However, the general airline said that it is best to respond at the airport, otherwise it is necessary to fill out a report afterwards, explaining why the luggage was not found damaged immediately.

2. Lost luggage

Large luggage checked by airlines is picked up on the turntable. Because of the large quantity, it is likely to be taken by mistake or stolen, and sometimes the luggage will be lost during the transfer. When you find that you can't find your luggage, don't panic first and see if there are any similar suitcases around you that have been taken by mistake. If you can't find it, please ask the airport staff for help and register with your luggage tag and lost and found ticket. The staff will fill out the "Baggage Accident Report" for passengers. The contents include the flight distance, the number of luggage carried, taking pictures of all kinds of luggage for passengers to identify, inputting the data into the computer, and finding the name of the station where the luggage is lost through the international baggage search network. If it is still not found after more than 2 1 day, according to the provisions of the Airline Terminal Compensation Law, passengers who transfer for many times will be paid by the airlines who take the terminal.

In order to avoid the loss of luggage and the damage of checked items, the following methods can avoid accidents:

(1) Please write your name in Chinese and English on the luggage so that it can be found easily at the airport.

(2) Describe the luggage in detail and identify the special signs on the luggage;

(3) Fragile articles should be put in the right place, or not put in the luggage at all. Some airlines are not responsible for fragile, expensive or perishable items.

Generally, passengers who buy air tickets by credit card can't find their luggage for more than 6 hours after arriving at their destination. Cardholders can get a credit card of $250 to buy daily necessities, and if they have family members, they can get a claim of $500. If the luggage is not found for more than 48 hours, it is judged as lost. Gold card holders have $65,438+$0,000, while ordinary cards have a credit limit of $750 for purchasing daily personal items. Even if you find your luggage in the 49th hour, you can still claim compensation with your ticket and boarding pass.

3. Compensation amount

According to the regulations of the International Aviation Association, the compensation limit for checked baggage is about US$ 7 per pound in 9 yuan (US$ 20 per kilogram, German Airlines is 53.5 marks per kilogram), and the compensation limit for carry-on baggage is US$ 400 per passenger. For all journeys between points in the United States, relevant laws and regulations stipulate that the compensation limit of airlines shall not be less than USD 65,438+GBP 0,250 per passenger.