Hello guys,
Good morning. recently i became a canada PR few months back. I have been living here in toronto as a doctoral degree student for the last 5 years and have been to US once for a conference on visitor visa (this visa is expired now).
Recently when i became a PR, i went to rainbow bridge, niagara falls to complete my formalities to become PR of canada. The canadian immigration authorities asked me to go to the USA side to get a " letter" to complete my formality as landed immigrant of canada. When i went to USA side (i did not have a US visa), and told the US customs that i wanted to land in canada and the CIC asked for a letter from US side.The US customs then issued me a "refusal or denial of entry letter" with my name and no reasons were given on the letter. Also my passport was not stamped with entry denied.
I came back to canada and gave the letter which US customs gave me, to give back the canadian authorities and completed the landing process.
Now i want to apply for US visitor visa for a confrence shortly.When i was trying to fill out the visa forms, there were two questions.
1. Have you ever been refused entry to US or....?
2. specify the time which you were there in US?
What do i fill in for these questions. Should i mention about the time i went to US for landing purpose??
I also wanted to know whether the process i underwent will affect my process of getting future US visas??
Could any knowlegable persons or moderator clarify what i need to fill in the forms??
Iam so confused now and any help will be appreciated.