Originally Posted by
FredAnderssen
I'm not following you really. From your story, I'm not sure if you're a Canadian citizen or not. If you are, then your ties to Canada would be proven by the fact that you had a Canadian passport. As far as proving that you aren't homeless, I assume at your age that you have a driver's license listing your home address. Could you please clarify?
She is a Canadian.
Immigration officers across the world, but mostly in the USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, and UK, are very worried about allowing in visitors who obviously intend to over stay and illegally remain in the destination country. Anyone who lacks a job at home and is visiting a significant other is red flag for such officers. Thus in English speaking countries, immigration officers often talk about "ties" to ones country of citizenship. Ties being job, home, etc.
I know someone who was a Canadian snowbird with a home in Florida. He was forced by the Florida Highway Patrol to get a FL drivers license. Which then required a US social security card. So one time he is flying from YYZ to MCO, and opens his wallet to present his photo ID (this was prior to WHTI ), and the officer notices his social security card. The guy had no proof of ties to Canada, no utility bills, no pay stub, no business card, etc. Denied entry.
He learned his lesson and was never denied entry again. He also buried his SS card deep in his wallet.