Canada Never Again
A friend and I were accused of being drug dealers at the boarder by the Canadian BP. Here is what happened We were flagged by BP to secondary because of my friends past 42 years ago when he was 18. Wh...
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rockhillmanor wrote:
When I read the forums about border crossings and they list what you should do and how you should act just to get across the border like don't wear sun glasses, don't smile, don't say this and don't say that, and god for bid don't look them in the eye etc etc.....reminds me of the horror stories of crossing the borders during world war II.
Do people cross back and forth without a problem yes. But for me hearing the stories like this one and MANY others just convinces me that it is not worth the chance of being the one selected out for this type of abuse by ANY government north or south.
I travel with a bag of meds for my dog that has seizures. I couldn't even fathom what one of these crazy border guards would do with that on board my MH. He can't live without them and I can't cross a border with them. What does that tell you about the governments north and south now a days?
The OP's experience could happen to 'anyone' of us and IMHO he shouldn't be slammed for it just because others have flown thru boarder crossings without incidence.
I find it very disturbing that honest citizens of any country are 'judged' and 'abused' when crossing borders solely because of what criminal drug dealers do.
Border crossings are not difficult, use common sense take your hat and sunglasses off, seriously whats the issue here if they can't see your face why not remove the photo from the passport. Be honest with them and you won't have problems.
You can bring any medications across the border if they are prescribed to a person in the vehicle.
How do you tell the honest citizens from the criminals? Are they wearing a special hat and sunglasses? I have absolutely no problem providing any and all information to border services. I figure it it keeps one nut job with a bomb out of our countries it is well worth the few minutes of inconvenience.
My entire family have NEXUS we all submitted to back ground checks were finger printed and had retinal scans done. We are still required to talk to someone at border services and in my opinion we are asked the exact same questions as before and the interview is the same length. The people working the nexus lanes do seem to be happier and more friendly probably as a result of knowing everyone is pre screened and only having to look for stupidity and ignorance not malicious intent.
