“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So…get on your way!”
– Dr. Seuss
** New Posts and Updates **
Prescriptions and Medical History
This is just a small reminder to bring your prescription and medical history with you from the US. It's something that could get overlooked in between everything else, but has been super helpful since our move. Read on to see what we did.
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Moving Your Pets to Canada
If you’re moving back to Canada and have pets moving back with you, then this is for you. Come on along ... it’s easy!
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Recent Posts
Surrendering Your Green Card
Hey there! Hello and welcome back. A big thank you to every
one that’s been following along. If you’ve read my post titled, “Detained at the Border!”, this post is a follow up to that and either way, you just need to know, as we didn’t.
You need to formally surrender your green card when you move back to Canada (or move permanently out of the United States).
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BSF186 Form - Documenting Your Stuff
The CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) requires that the BSF186 - Personal Effects Accounting Document be completed before arriving at the border to move back. It’s one of those, “Pay me now or pay me later”, type of things. Best to get it all done when you’re packing, then you just hand the agents a copy.
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Doing Stuff With All Your Stuff
Are you moving back to Canada and either can’t, or don’t want to move it all back with you? Neither did we so we went through the process of sorting what we were keeping, selling, garage saleing, donating/giving away, then what was recycling or garbage. Come see how we got organized, and ready to pack
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Detained at the Border!
This post was totally unplanned but, it happened and, you need to know. If you’re a Canadian that was living in the US on a green card and you’ve moved back to Canada (or somewhere else), if you’re travelling back into the United States, this is for you.
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