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Funnily enough, I tend to get the opposite reaction. Have has some pretty miserable treatment from Canadian border guards at the Peace Arch crossing, but never
by jskopek 10y ago
Funnily enough, I tend to get the opposite reaction. Have has some pretty miserable treatment from Canadian border guards at the Peace Arch crossing, but never the same from their American counterparts. I'm Canadian.
Of course, this might just be luck of the draw.
- refurb 10y agoSame here, Canadian citizen as well. I've been absolutely grilled by the Canadians, but never by the US side.
- brianwawok 10y agoAmerican and Canadians grill me more. What is my wife's birthday? How many days are we staying? What day of the week are we leaving? American guard is like "do you have more than 5 bottles of wine you need to declare? No, cool"
- kahnpro 10y agoI've never been grilled by either. But the Americans always ask mor questions. Canadians are "welcome home", Americans usually ask a few standard questions to probe my reasons but nothing approaching a grilling. Just a light toasting. Contrast with Russian customs who looked at my passport and said "Canada? Okay go"
- kasey_junk 10y agoI've found it varies dramatically by crossing point. As an American driving across the border I frequently get lots of questions on either side. Flying it has been full grilling to basically nothing on either side. Flying into Toronto City airport I frequently just get a nod and hand wave.
- pedalpete 10y agoAlso a Canadian and I get grilled more by Canadian border guards than American, though I think they are picking up on me because I traveled quite regularly when I was living in Canada. They would ask me questions like "how long are you going to be in Canada?" when I'd answer that I didn't know, they would press me about why I didn't know. One guy who had held me up for far too long, I basically told him "I'm Canadian, you don't have an option to let me in or not" at that point, he let me through...
- monksy 10y agoAmerican here: I got grilled at the Canadian border because I'm an IT Worker. They were concerned over the period of a weekend I'd violate NAFTA. Coming back in the same car at the end of the weekend: I was grilled and isolated from my car about all that I did in Canada by the US side. [At that time they didn't understand what AirBnB was]
- slededit 10y ago> "I'm Canadian, you don't have an option to let me in or not" Be careful with that - while they have to let you in, your stuff is another matter.
- kahnpro 10y agoWell, there are nicer ways to say it... but still. "I'm Canadian, I live here, I haven't decided yet." I'm kind of surprised that this was even a question for a Canadian citizen.
- slededit 10y agoAs a fellow Canadian non-resident I get this all the time too. The reason is because if you are returning there are tax and duty implications - e.g. the car your probably driving needs to be imported. When I moved back a few years ago (only to leave again) I had to have a slew of returning resident paperwork so my stuff could come duty free.