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thundercat600 Jun 28th 2008 11:24 pm

Landed -piece of cake!
 
Well, it's official, OH is now a permanent resident of canada! :thumbup:

it took less than an hour from the plane touching down at halifax airport to get through passport control, onto immigration (waiting only because of the 3 people ahead of us in the queue), collect luggage and through border services (again a bit of queue to get through) with all bits of paper stamped and PR card applied for! :D

the border services guy thanked us for being so organised and having the goods-to-follow form filled out and a printed list of the goods, however he said we didn't need the goods accompanying form and didn't bother stamping it.

so all that worrying that the form-filling wasn't absolutely correct or that we had the wrong bits of paper or had forgotten something can now be put firmly behind us and we can enjoy our recce to Nova Scotia!

Found a blues bar last night and spent a couple of hours drinking Keith's Red Amber and listening to live blues before finally collapsing into bed. Shame it's foggy today (so far) but we're going to take a walk round halifax and see what's on!

Thanks to everyone for the advice and hints & tips given over the last year or so couldn't have been so organised with out you!

:thumbsup:

sheadboy Jun 28th 2008 11:58 pm

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congrats....I love Keith's Red, I offically hate you now though because I'm actively drooling at work :p

thundercat600 Jun 29th 2008 12:14 am

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Originally Posted by sheadboy (Post 6515618)
congrats....I love Keith's Red, I offically hate you now though because I'm actively drooling at work :p

you can doubly hate me if you're at work today (work on a sunday??!) as i'm sure we're be imbibing a bit more later!! :lol:

nikki dreaming Jun 29th 2008 12:15 am

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Congrats, hope you have a great trip:thumbsup:

sheadboy Jun 29th 2008 12:15 am

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I can't hate a fellow Keith's lover really. I can be insanely jealous though :rofl:

Silverdragon102 Jun 29th 2008 12:52 am

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They told us that also when we went through Halifax that we didn't need goods to follow list stamping but when we had contact with shipping company they wanted it stamping. If it happens to you contact them as all we had to do was submit letter explaining that they wouldn't stamp it saying it wasn't needed. Received goods 2 weeks later :)

nessamj Jun 29th 2008 1:16 am

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Blues Bar! Keiths Red!! This makes me want to move back to Halifax even more! I miss wing nights and Rickard's Red more that i miss my dogs some days!!

Congrats and have fun!
:eek:

destinationnovascotia Jun 29th 2008 1:28 am

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Congrats.

Good luck with the reccie. Hopefully we will be out there soon so see you next time maybe.

Lynn

kiddy2ns Jun 29th 2008 2:14 am

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Hi
Congratulations on negotiating the customs so well:thumbsup:. We will have to have a midlands meet & greet in Halifax before christmas.:D

Lee

Cookie Jun 29th 2008 2:19 am

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Welcome to Nova Scotia :D

Have a fabulous Canada Day too when it arrives. There will be lots going on in and around Halifax.
:D

thundercat600 Jun 29th 2008 8:39 am

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Originally Posted by Silverdragon102 (Post 6515753)
They told us that also when we went through Halifax that we didn't need goods to follow list stamping but when we had contact with shipping company they wanted it stamping. If it happens to you contact them as all we had to do was submit letter explaining that they wouldn't stamp it saying it wasn't needed. Received goods 2 weeks later :)

he stamped the goods to follow, it was the goods accompanying he said he didn't need! :)

thundercat600 Jun 29th 2008 8:40 am

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Originally Posted by nessamj (Post 6515822)
Blues Bar! Keiths Red!! This makes me want to move back to Halifax even more! I miss wing nights and Rickard's Red more that i miss my dogs some days!!

Congrats and have fun!
:eek:

ah yes, forgot to mention the rickards red i had in the hotel bar first and the wings and ribs we had in the blues bar!! lol :D

thundercat600 Jun 29th 2008 8:58 am

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Originally Posted by Yes-can-do (Post 6515956)
Welcome to Nova Scotia :D

Have a fabulous Canada Day too when it arrives. There will be lots going on in and around Halifax.
:D

Thanks Y-C-D, looking forward to it, just hope the weather picks up a little! :)

burton bunch Jun 29th 2008 5:48 pm

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Good Luck and Congratulations guys from Lethbridge Alberta

Gaynor

rgilbert Jun 30th 2008 5:34 am

Re: Landed -piece of cake!
 
Congratulations. Glad it all went smoothly :thumbsup:.

We're also looking forward to landing ourselves in Halifax in a few weeks. We have the goods to follow list to organise next weekend. EEK.

Hope you have fun in NS.


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