Your customs experiences re-entering the US from Canada?

We went to Windsor from Detroit last Sunday. Used the tunnel there and Ambassador bridge home. We had an hour wait IN the tunnel and 1.5 hr. waiting to return to Detroit. We were in a car and had no delays on either side but on return noticed that many vehicles were sent to be searched more. There were a couple class As that never moved the whole tie we were there in line.

Just crossed Peace Arch from Vancouver to Blaine. US Border Patrol was conducting random interviews and searches of cars waiting in line. Sounds like a smart move. We got through with no search driving just our truck.

HadEnough wrote:
They confiscated my illegal tomatoes!! (Seriously)

Just came back yesterday (Aug. 11th)from PEI. They confiscated my lemon and lime that were already cut............Geezzzzzz!

I guess the agent had a Corona but no lime!

We have finished our border crossings in Lubec, ME. Both sides we quick, efficient and professional.

As others have stated, the dog was fine, they asked about rabies vaccinations and the paperwork, but never reviewed the paperwork. I just said it was in my passport next to my "yellow card" vaccination record. Might as well keep it all together.

On the Canada side, an officer kindly reviewed my firearms temporary import permit and answered my dumb questions without laughing. The only gray area is over hollow point bullets designed for hunting. Based on his reading of the regs he thinks they are OK, and would allow them in. He suggested and gave me the numbers for other border crossings, since they may have another view. He said to call ahead and be sure. This consumed about 20 minutes of his time, and once again it is always nice to run into a professional.

On the US side they filled out some 4457's for the guns. Once again they were pros, came out to the truck and checked the serial numbers. Then ran the numbers against the stolen database, and me against felonies. About 10 minutes, almost beat my wife back to the truck. She had to buy some airmail stamps at the Post Office next door. Gave the guys in uniform a chuckle, asked if I needed a 4457 for the dog?

In all they all did their jobs, like pros.

Crossed into Alaska yesterday. About a dozen rv's in front of me and another five or so behind me. They all got inspected. I got waved thru.

I never worry about the odd banana or meat they grab at the border. Just give it up.
It makes the agent's job easier, when he/she goes to the supervisor at the end of the shift and says "look, I grabbed a lime, 2 bananas and a bag of dog food -- keeping America safe!"

Just a Lime for my V&T, it even had a California Farm's sticker on it. But truthfully it was purchased in CAN and DW told them about it. They had to take it.

thomas201 wrote:
And the dog will travel with us on all crossings, I hope her papers are also in order.

Wish me luck!

When we went with our dogs, our vet recommended a statement of health for each, which he provided, even though he knew and the Canadian web site listing border crossing regs didn't state you need it. Our vet's experience was that all it takes is one border crossing agent to ask for it because he decides to and if you don't have it, it'll ruin your whole trip. Well we had it along with their rabies and vaccination history docs, and we were only asked if they were current on their rabies, but never asked to produce proof.

Week after next, we will be in Lubec, ME for a week and I will give both sides a couple of bonus chances to "put us to the question". Since I have some questions about firearms and ammo for Canada (hunting trip next year and AK trip) I should get some attention. Have things changed since 1976? I'll ask the US side to do a couple of 4457's, so all and all it may be an adventure! And the dog will travel with us on all crossings, I hope her papers are also in order.

Wish me luck!

MDKMDK wrote:
Wait until October 17, 2018, and see if anything changes.
Canada becomes a "pot friendly" country on that date, and I would imagine CBP will be ramping up the border crossing scrutiny even higher.
As a matter of fact, we crossed from Ontario to Michigan about 3 weeks ago, in the Nexus lane, and every car going through was run by a sniffer dog, for reasons unknown. They even opened the tailgate and let the dog jump in. I decided not to ask, and we had no problems, nor did anyone else ahead of us that we saw. My best guess was, they're getting the anti-cannabis technology in place, or at least trying it out in practice, before that date.
We were concerned that CBSA might start to enforce our silly "Countermeasures in Response to Unjustified Tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum Products" (seriously, that's what our Liberal government calls it:R) when we returned to Canada, but it was business as usual.
Time will tell, on that one, I suppose.

I wonder why the weed is such a big deal,its not even adictive like tobacco for example..
and long time back it was grown freely all over the US and used for many products,ropes,fabric etc..
Henry Ford even made a car body from canabis

https://youtu.be/srgE6Tzi3Lg

Protectionist Tarrifs are the worst thing the president can do,,it doesnt work,on the contrary it will slow down trade and economy and make more people lose jobs..

And since Canada is the Largest customer of US products,tarrifs will hurt US more..
Those who dont know history...

https://youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY