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My (at the time, future) brother-in-law caused us to be held up at the border in Blaine, WA heading into Canada about 10 years ago. A few years prior to that, h
by jjulius 5y ago
My (at the time, future) brother-in-law caused us to be held up at the border in Blaine, WA heading into Canada about 10 years ago. A few years prior to that, he had been busted for using a fake ID at a bar to buy booze when he was a minor. Canadian customs were apparently aware of this, and after about an hour of waiting, the border agent said - and this is verbatim - "I'm trying to see if there's a reason this won't let us allow him in, but I'm not finding anything yet."
Our vehicle was searched during that time as well, and about 30 minutes later they finally let all of us enter. Nice to hear we aren't the only folk who have dealt with a similar issue.
- chillwaves 5y agoI just went to Canada on Saturday. First time. I was interrogated for 3 hours. Apparently it looks bad if you travel 12 hours to cross the border to go on a date.
- MiddleEndian 5y agoAhhh, the ol' "I have a girlfriend, she lives in Canada!" gambit!
- gruez 5y ago>and this is verbatim - "I'm trying to see if there's a reason this won't let us allow him in, but I'm not finding anything yet." This is very confusingly worded. Was the border agent trying to let your brother in law in or not?
- IncRnd 5y agoIt seems very clearly worded. They agent was attempting to determine if the action would restrict entry (not let us allow him him), but it was still be investigated (I'm not finding anything yet).
- jjulius 5y agoCorrect. It seemed that the agent thought that that issue was grounds to prevent entry but wasn't positive, and was doing their due diligence to confirm as much.
- q1w2 5y agoI read that quote in exactly the opposite way, with "this" being the computer system and that the agent was trying to find a way to LET the person into the country.