Penalties for Under Declaring
The article starts with someone bringing a large quantity of Mexican cheese to Saskatchewan border crossing and not declaring it. It goes on to mention other cases in varying types of goods from gu...
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Chiefelectusn wrote:
Last year we went through US and Canadian customs a total of 6 times. Every crossing was different and of course different people. You cannot keep up with the changes, they don't post them.
The rules can change at any moment. and you are also at the mercy of whether the person had burnt toast that morning or it's a day that ends in Y.
I have been going through customs in various countries for 50 plus years, most recently Mexico.I never volunteer information, I only answer the question asked, no embellishments, always respectful.
It's a **** shoot every time you pass through. They can if they want to search, or not. Give you the 3rd degree or pass you through with a smile.
I have never had knowingly anything that wasn't okay.
But, they took my tomatoes going into Alaska from the Yukon(salad Day),
They took a lime, 1/2 of a lemon and 1 squash coming back to the US at Oroville, WA , they weren't on the current listing but what could I say.
So go in peace, and have fun. If it's salad day at the border, oh well!
Canadian gov. webpages are in sticky threads at the top of this section. Of course, being Canadian I find our webpages on what to do at the border easier to understand than the US gov. ones.
Granted there was a time when I took the time/trouble to call through to a section of the relevant government offices near the border where I planned to cross.
Yep, your right, they can change the regulations and put them into effect as soon as border guards have been informed. In these days, that's an online notice, rather than a fax or a telephone call. For example, how fast do you think the regulations changed on September 11, 2001? That morning, more or less 9:30 Newfoundland time, aka 8 am EST. That's one of the times when I was going to cross the border and thought it worth the time and effort to get through to talk directly to customs agents. And you know just where you were when the first planes flew into the World Trade Center.
Or sometimes a border guard can change the regulations because of circumstances. Best one of that kind I heard from my father. Place Canadian side of International Bridge from Lubec, ME to Campobello Is, NB. Border guard note in log: "Admitted one skunk, no questions asked."
:C
