A student approved under the non-SDS category (no GIC shown in the file) worried the missing GIC would cause trouble at the Canadian airport. Members settled it:
- No GIC in the file means no GIC at the border. The consultant's advice held: there's no need to open a GIC after approval. Border officers assess consistency with your application, and a GIC was never part of it.
- Carry updated proof of the funds you did show. The key preparation: whatever financial evidence supported the application, bring a current version — bank statements with sufficient funds, stamped and signed by the bank. 'Updated' matters: statements from the application months earlier should be refreshed to show the money is still there.
- Consistency is the whole game. The reassurance members gave: nobody questions the absence of a GIC for a non-SDS applicant; what draws questions is arriving with evidence that contradicts or falls short of what the file claimed.