Re: [81attendees] New Requirement for US Employees traveling to Canada

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

--On Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:44 -0500 Mary Barnes
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> What's curious about that email from CIBT is that they do not
> provide any links to substantiate that new requirement.  This
> website has no mention of such:
> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-who.asp
> 
> It does note that you must
> ...
> 
>    - satisfy an immigration officer that you have ties, such
> as a job, home    and family, that will take you back to your
>...

FWIW, I use CIBT for most of the times when I need a visa and
like working with them.  But I've found that they often impose
requirements and make recommendations that go well beyond what
is nominally required and into "let's be prepared for every
eventuality".  That means documentation for visas that exceed
what consulates say they need to be prepared for what they
"might" ask for and so on.  Wanting people to carry the sort of
letter they have advised as a quick way to deal with the set of
"satisfy whomever you talk with in the immigration service"
questions that Mary found and lists would be entirely consistent
with that pattern: probably rarely, if ever, necessary but
convenient and time-saving if someone has a nervous sort of day
and starts asking a lot of questions.

If I were inclined to get nervous about such things, I might
decide to carry such a letter.   If someone here decides that is
worthwhile, I'd suggest that having it in French as well as
English would be an extra precaution.  Beyond that, I can only
repeat what others have said -- my experience has been that, if
you make it clear what you are going to a professional standards
meeting, that you have a real job and life to return to, that
you are not carrying a sample case full of merchandise, etc.,
and the likelihood of a problem are very, very, low.

    john