Unfriendly customs officers :(
This weekend we went to Montreal. The Canadian customs officer was efficient but polite. Asked all the right questions with a friendly manner and when finished wished us well on our visit. Returnin...
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I agree that it's kind of hit and miss depending on who you get and what kind of day they've been having. But I do think that how you approach the matter can make a big difference.
We were in Canada this summer for ~10 weeks so I anticipated more than the usual questions when returning to the US and, therefore, was exceptionally well organized. With me and neatly organized I had: 1)passports, 2)vehicle registration papers for the MH and the toad, 3)incorporation and registration papers for our MT LLC that owns the MH, 4) an itemized list (with receipts) of all the $1500 of purchases that we had made while in Canada, and 5) a list of all alcoholic beverages purchased in Canada.
The ICE guard asked for most of these and looked at a few of them. After he completed his interview he told me "thank you for being so well organized, it's not what we're used to around here." They do have a job to do and apparently this guy, at least, was willing to admit he appreciated my having made it a bit easier for him.
We were in Canada this summer for ~10 weeks so I anticipated more than the usual questions when returning to the US and, therefore, was exceptionally well organized. With me and neatly organized I had: 1)passports, 2)vehicle registration papers for the MH and the toad, 3)incorporation and registration papers for our MT LLC that owns the MH, 4) an itemized list (with receipts) of all the $1500 of purchases that we had made while in Canada, and 5) a list of all alcoholic beverages purchased in Canada.
The ICE guard asked for most of these and looked at a few of them. After he completed his interview he told me "thank you for being so well organized, it's not what we're used to around here." They do have a job to do and apparently this guy, at least, was willing to admit he appreciated my having made it a bit easier for him.
