Before You Come

A) Housing Plan where you will stay during your first days in Canada. Make arrangements to stay with family or friends or book a hotel. If you do not have family or friends in Canada that you can stay with, one option is to stay at a hotel, hostel or book a room on internet through travel agencies or Airbnb. Beware of very cheap accommodations as they may be located in unpleasant areas or be of a very low standard.

B) Airport pickup To travel from the airport to your first accommodation, you can pre-book airport pickup service from different sources, e.g. online, schools, or homestay guardians. Alternatively, there are 3 other options: - Using available taxi service at the airport. - Using Uber apps to book a taxi from the airport. In Canada, Uber do NOT take CASH but ONLY accept DEBIT/CREDIT card - Using public transport available at the airport

Collect and bring to Canada all official documents belonging to you and the family members who are immigrating with you. Common documents include:

Passport with Entry Visa
Birth Certificate
Marriage certificate or related documents
Educational certificates and transcripts
Medical record if required
Driver Licence

Note: Some of these documents may not be required immediately, but it is better to bring all your official documents with you in case they are needed or useful in the future. If the original documents are not in English or French (Canada’s official languages), you will need to obtain certified translations. If you are immigrating to Quebec, it is best to translate the documents into French. Otherwise (except in the officially bilingual province of New Brunswick), it is generally most useful to translate the documents into English. When presenting your documents to Canadian officials, always provide the original, the certified translation, and the name and contact information of the translation agency. Documents can be translated from English to French or from French to English in Canada. If you have family members that will be immigrating at a later date, you should bring copies of their documents with you as well. Source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/welcome/index.asp

Book your flight after you have received your entry visa from the Canada Government. The flight to from Vietnam to Canada will always be more than 20 hours, and in low temperature air-condition. As a result, you should dress up in loose clothes to reduce the stress and stay comfortable and also bring a light jacket to keep warm. For passenger who does not know English or unable to navigate your connect flight at the transit airport, you can request assistant service from the airline that you use. During the flight to Canada, you can fill the immigration form on before landing to save time at the immigration gates. The instruction to fill the form for first time arrival is listed below.

Part A: Fill in your

- Name in order of [LAST NAME, FIRST NAME]
- Date of birth in order of [YEAR, MONTH, DAY]
- Citizenship
- Address in Canada (not your home country)
- Choose the method of travel, if by air then fill the flight number
- Purpose of your visit, e.g. To study
- Arriving from means the region where you departed from
- ○ [US only] if you travel from USA
- ○ [Other country direct] if you travel from other countries but USA
- ○ [Other country via U.S.] if you transit in USA
- [I am/we are bringing into Canada] make sure you read this part carefully and answer accordingly. Note: to keep you from any problem with the custom agency, try to answer [No] for all the Qs

Part B: For first time arrival in Canada]

- Estimate you [Duration of stay in Canada] accord to your expire date in you visa
- Read the instructions on the left hand side to answer (Ideally [No])

Part D: Signatures (age 16 and older)

- Sign your name and the current date

Note: If you are residents of Canada (PR, study permit, work permit) return to Canada, please fill Part C Residents of Canada. For more information, please visit the government official website in the link below: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/e311-eng.html

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