christmasoompa

Are you sure? I thought it asked for day, month and year?

This is getting really confusing. You said at first it was 7 months, then 5months, now you're saying 6 months?!

If it was the 5.5 months you've given the dates for above, then it's not an issue - no police check required, and you didn't even need to mention it on the forms as the question specifically asks 'During the past five years, have you lived in any country other than your country of citizenship or your current country of residence for more than six months?'.

Obviously if your other stay was longer than 6 months though, then yes, you would need a police check.

kidster

so i received my NOR 8/05, how long we saying before i may get asked for payment?

also, as i received this does it mean i am still in with a chance of getting the visa or not?

roberto_the_besto

Hello, sorry for the confusion there. I said 'no' to the question "During the past five years, have you lived in any country other than your country of citizenship or your current country of residence for more than six months," because technically that is correct. However, on my employment history (for which the exact dates were not stated) they are going to see Spain and France running on concurrently. So June-December for Spain and January-July for France, therefore I have been out of the country for more than 6 months but in TWO different countries with a one month gap in between. My original question was, would the January-July work placement I did be classed as seven months or not (from the beginning month January until the end date in July)? Put simply, do they class January as one month and July as another month to make the 5 months in between 7 months in total? Does that make more sense? I have even e-mailed them and I have, like usual, received no reply. I don't know whether because I have technically spent a year out of the country but in two different countries, whether I have to provide a criminal record check at all. I'm sorry if I am confusing you all by myself being confused.

I don't know whether to just apply for two CRB checks or not.

Robert

Third6

You're supposed to detail all that in your CV. It asks you for all your travel and work experience from the last 5 years so you should have put the actual dates (day, month, year) in the CV. You need to make it clear to them, they're not mind readers.

wesbray

I'm crossing the border this weekend, and I remember last time I had to have a return flight home booked, is that still the case?

All that I thought I needed was:

Passport
LOI
Bank Statement of more than $2500.

Is that correct?

Third6

That is correct.

roberto_the_besto

Oh dear. I guess I never thought of that. I'll get applying for my CRB checks right away.

Thank you for your help.

Robert

wesbray

But I swear last year I needed a return flight home booked? Do I need proof of insurance aswell?

Third6

No you didn't, you just needed proof that you could afford a flight home. I entered on a one-way and the only people that questioned it were Air Transat in the UK.

You need your insurance, a bank statement and your LOI and that's it. And your passport obviously.

wesbray

Great, thanks alot, guess I was just being over-cautious last year.

Still very unsure about the whole crossing process, some people have advised me that I need to say i'm sight-seeing and others say I should just get refused entry...

Third6

I'm gonna be in your situation in a few months. I'm planning on saying I'm sight-seeing and crossing at Niagara Falls. I will already have a 3 month US visitor visa though as I'm crossing over for a music festival in a few weeks so it might make my crossing to flagpole a little bit easier...who knows!

BritishExpatriate

Forgive me but since when does a British citizen need a visitor visa to visit the US?

Third6

I meant the 3 month visa waiver thing you get stapled in your passport or whatever it's called. The thing you pay $6 for.

BritishExpatriate

Oh ok. I've never been to the US so wouldn't know but I didn't realise they put something in your passport when you enter under the visa waiver program.

Does anyone know if you have to get this thing thing that gets stapled into your passport stamped or removed when you leave the US? Also, it it only when you enter under the VWP by land as opposed to air that they put a form in your passport of do they do that if you fly in also?

That's the one thing I don't understand about the visa waiver program- I'm worried if I leave the US on it one day they will accuse me of overstaying when I want to go back...?

P.s. To anyone who says I should post this elsewhere, I consider this relevant as I need to know this in order to activate my IEC visa by crossing the Canada/US border, as I wish to initially spend some time as a tourist when I arrive in Canada before activating the IEC visa.....

Meialin

I went to the US for a holiday from Canada but don't know anything about the Visa waiver program. What exactly do we need to do when flagpolling for it?