Border Crossing Question
Becoming a full-time RVer this spring. I dont plan on crossing the border from Canada to the US often but in the case that I do, I'm just wondering what the typical cross is like for an RVer? Is it qu...
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DownTheAvenue wrote:
I have crossed the border many, many times. Just last summer, I made 5 crossings. Been searched once by US Border Protection for agriculture inspection, and once by the Canadians (this past summer). The Canadian inspection was quite thorough, taking about 1 hour. Don't know what set off the alarms, but they were extra polite, beyond professional, and told me exactly what they were doing. I think they suspected I had guns, ammunition, or prohibited knives as they asked me about them prior to the search. Told me if I have anything the time was now to confess not after the search. Afterwards I could not even tell they had been inside. The search by the US, the officers were rude, were being a bully, and afterwards it looked like a tornado had been inside.
I was ashamed of how the US authorities treated me, and would be embarrassed if they treated our Canadian friends like that. I was proud of the way I was treated by the Canadians and told the Officer I appreciated his professionalism, thanked him for how he respected me and my property, and shook his hand. I wished I got his name and supervisor's contact information to write a letter.
What kind of knives are not allowed to cross into Canada (or back into US for that matter).
According to wikipedia "Constant Companion (belt-buckle knife)" knives are illegal.... so I'd imagine a gerber lmf ii would be illegal?
Thanks!
