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Update: I made my manifest list and printed it out twice and they didn't even ask me any questions besides where I was coming from and where I was going. I even specified that I was a student moving back and they didn't even ask for it. but that's Murphy's law I guess.

Update: I've moved back to the US today and since they didn't even ask for me to roll my back windows down or ask any questions they didn't even know I had a cat. So that went well. Now I'll just set up his updated shots for November.

Thanks! Yeah I won't be bringing any food or spices or open cat litter with me across the border if i can help it.

Thanks I figured so.

I'm moving back to the states (U.S. Citizen) and I was wondering whether I need to make a manifest list of all my items again even though most of them came with me to Canada a year ago and my list of Canadian items is under the 800 dollar for duty exemption and 48 hour rule. I'm guessing I do but I'd thought I'd ask?

Hi I'm a u.s. citizen returning to the States after a year in Canada. I have had a cat since the beginning of the summer. He has his rabies tag which his previous owner said was good until Dec. 2014. I have looked online for any specific documents I would need for importing a cat to the states in Michigan but it is unclear whether I absolutely need a vet certificate of health or not? He's healthy and I plan to take him to my vet in another state in November or sooner to get him checked-on and to update his rabies. If I really need a vet certificate from a canadian vet to avoid problems I will get one but I would rather go to my family's vet and I would have to pay for a taxi or a pet taxi.

Thank you for this. I've had issues with depression for ten years but my depression and anxiety got worse during college not better. I've felt like an impostor since I started this program. I feel like my family means well but they just would like me to finish for the sake of finishing rather than me dealing with my mental health issues.

Hi everyone, I'm an american Public History student in Canada currently on LOA for medical/mental health reasons. I have my internship and late coursework to finish up. Unfortunately I don't have the funds to get an paid or unpaid internship anywhere I would like so I am probably going to have to do mine if I can get one around home. I lost my access to counseling services when I took my LOA so I apologize for the following but I don't really have anyone else to rant to besides friends who aren't in grad programs and haven't been in school for a few years. However, since I will be going home I'd much rather just get a job if I can and work since my research assistantship at a historical society here in Canada was the one thing I really enjoyed and learned from. Plus I need a car under my own name and my own health insurance and I would like to rent a room somewhere like a normal adult. Also, my dad (who has lent me money to come here) has informed me that my grandmother is "getting old" and has started showing signs of forgetfulness and has made some weird financial decisions etc. I am the one who is probably going to be her caretaker if she gets sick in the future. Therefore my family has asked me to come home for the next semester which to me seems like it would lessens my chances I think of finding job closer to the midwest or east coast in the future. All of this is really disheartening since one of the reasons I came this far north is to find a job in the midwest or west coast. My family doesn't seem to get that and has made comments about how far away I am going from them. There are few entry/master's level jobs in the South from what I have seen. Usually a day's drive or more from where my family is. So the thing is I would like to go back home but I would like to get a job and just move on with my life and prepare myself to take care of sick and dying family members. But even though I've learned a lot here that doesn't matter because I won't have the degree. Even though I have seen first-hand Master's and Ph.D's resumes being rejected from my minimum wage job that I gave up to come here because they were "over-qualified." I guess I'm asking for advice of how to break it to my family that I'm not good enough or strong enough to finish this measly portion of my degree. Not to mention my grades have been average to abysmal from the start so I'm afraid of even trying to reapply elsewhere later. They had such a hard time with me doing an LOA though. On the hand they have been supportive of me trying to take care of myself (I was very close to suicidal) and on the other they have asked me over and over why I can't just end my LOA in the middle of the summer semester. Since i'm doing a bit better now and do my internship (which isn't really available anymore). I guess I could really try to do that but I don't know what that would mean financially or administratively (I had a scholarship but most of it was used up during the fall/winter). Not to mention I would feel really awkward trying to come back in the middle of the summer after all the major events I would have helped with are over. If they even had room for me since I know they had several other interns coming in when I abruptly took my LOA and were most likely delegated my tasks. I know i'm shooting myself in the foot either way but any advice of how to frame this in a positive light would be helpful. I'm still alive and breathing?

Yeah I just double-checked with the international student office. I went home and came back with no problem.

Thank you, this helps. I come from a hot state but even so my families cars are over 10 years old at least. Maybe I'll be able to sell of my most of things and then ship a few large boxes and fly back to the states.

Hi all, I'm an american grad student in Canada at the moment. I'm finishing my degree work here before heading back to the states at the end of August. The thing is i've been doing great with public transport for the past year but I don't have a car to get back home and I'm not sure family or friends will be able to help me. I have a tiny bit of money saved up to buy an 15-20 year old car. I'm wondering though whether I should be trying to buy it from the states and using it when I move or do I buy a canadian car and try to export it? I'm finding all the information on various websites confusing on the rules about importing and exporting. I know older cars (25+ years) have some sort of exemption on something. I know I would be doing it backwards since I didn't get a car from the get-go when I moved here but oh well. I'm not from any of the border states so it makes it harder to think about importing to canada. I don't know, should I be looking at renting a canadian car from the airport maybe to travel to the border states and then go on from there?

I don't have a visa only a study permit as I am a US citizen. My study permit was good until November 2014. When I asked about all this my school said I just needed a new permit/extension for the fall semester so I could be finished with my degree by December.

well I am officially on a leave of absence. I feel it was the right decision. However with the new changes to immigration I am thoroughly confused. I explicitly asked whether I would be allowed to stay in Canada for the summer (as I have a locked lease until august and my health options were better here than at home for the time being). I wanted to go home for a few days to visit family and come back to finish researching papers from this past semester on my own time, but now I'm worried (paranoid probably) that I won't be allowed to return for some reason? I have emails from my director stating the according to the school of grad studies I would be allowed to stay here for the summer. I have had no issues for the past month while i'm on leave at the moment. I just want to do the right thing. I don't want to lose my possessions or be unable to move out properly for some reason just because I wanted to visit home for a few days?

I thought I would give an update in case it would help someone. I saw the doctor and i've been on an anti-depressant for week. My mood and the endless looping thought process of guilt and shame have started to level off. I'm sleeping better. Though I still am dealing with the side effects of this anti-depressant they are manageable and are dissipating as time goes on. I went to see the disabilities counselor and she suggested I ask for extensions on my assignments that I'm having trouble with and let my director know that something is and has been going on. I am hoping I will be able to graduate on time now.

That's good news. I had no idea anything like was available in the states too. That would have helped me immensely in undergrad.