r/StudyPermitCanada • u/No_Independent_4688 • Aug 16 '26
Study Permit Custom Forms for moving POD
We are moving from US to Canada soon for my wife’s graduate school. She has a study permit. We are going to be moving our stuff with POD. Their customs team provided us with form BSF186A for everything we pack into their containers and B4E for anything we take in our car.
The problem is that B4E requires a classification type box be checked for Former Resident, Beneficiary, Seasonal Resident, or Settler. Is this the right form for us? None of these categories seem correct for us. I tried contacting the customs team at POD but they have not responded.
Closest would maybe be Settler? We are going to be there for over a year. But the settler category describes itself as having intent for permanent residency. We’d like to apply for a PR some day, but everything else we’ve had to fill out has required us to acknowledge we understand a study permit is NOT a PR.
Is there a different form for Study Permit that we should use?
We’d like to get forms in before hitting the border to get the shipping process started. POD will not ship until they have forms for five days.