Originally Posted by kevinm

Im off to Canada in May and have a few questions please as its getting ever closer (having booked the trip last May)

1 - Passport requests - I still havn't received it but should be any day now.
Can I take my passports in person to London and get them done on tha day?

I dont think so you can drop off and collect 2 weeks later

2 - Landing - Ill be landing in Vancouver, any tips to save me time going through the process would be much appreciated.

Be prepared

I will be staying for 4 weeks and returning to the UK with no future date to move over (ie its a recie trip) is it ok to tell them this?

yes

My in-laws are coming with us (who arnt emigrating) Can they look after my children while my wife and I are going through customs or will the 4 of us all need to be in there?

you will all be directed to a different area for landing, your in laws will have to wait for you all

Proof of funds - Im not sure we can show our money in savings. Whats the best way to show them we actually do have funds behind us ie house / shares/ cash / investments.

try a search for proof of funds, lots of threads, the official line is you are supposed to show unencumbered funds , that are immediately accessible, but some have shown house valuations mortgage statements etc to show equity and have been fine a big majority dont get asked at all but it all depends on the immigration officer

Items to follow - After reading some of things i could find, can we take matresses? and does anybody know if there is some kind of template to copy?

you can take a mattress

Sorry for all the questions, just been waiting so long to go that im getting a little nervous ill forget something.

Originally Posted by nikki dreaming

Here is some more info

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Landing_as_PR-Canada

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Mattre...igation-Canada

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Goods_To_Follow

Hope this helps

Thanks