Worst US/Canadian border crossing
Post your worst border crossing experiences. Just looking for tips etc for a smooth crossing
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A few years ago the wife and I were taking separate vehicles to Lakeport State Park in MI. I towed the trailer earlier in the day and she came from work with our adopted Chinese daughter, (The wife and I are unmistakably Caucasian), then aged about 7.
There's a tricky bit on I-94 close to the Blue Water Bridge that crosses to Canada where, (if you are busy dealing with a 7 year old in the back seat), you can find yourself on the bridge with no way to turn about and heading directly to Canada... Which the wife managed to accomplish.
Nonsensically, there is nowhere you can turn around when you get to Canada if you have made a mistake so you are forced to interact with the immigration chaps there. So my wife finds herself with no documentation for her or our daughter and, possibly worse yet, no proof that the small Chinese girl lashed into a childseat in the back of the truck is legally adopted.
There was much "umming" and "aahing" and about half an hour later my wife was handed a "Refused Entry" form all dutifully filled out and was directed to turn around and go back from whence she came.
If they would just put a little turn around area before you get to immigration that allows you to cross back it would save those who make a mistake and their immigration chaps a lot of time and effort.
There's a tricky bit on I-94 close to the Blue Water Bridge that crosses to Canada where, (if you are busy dealing with a 7 year old in the back seat), you can find yourself on the bridge with no way to turn about and heading directly to Canada... Which the wife managed to accomplish.
Nonsensically, there is nowhere you can turn around when you get to Canada if you have made a mistake so you are forced to interact with the immigration chaps there. So my wife finds herself with no documentation for her or our daughter and, possibly worse yet, no proof that the small Chinese girl lashed into a childseat in the back of the truck is legally adopted.
There was much "umming" and "aahing" and about half an hour later my wife was handed a "Refused Entry" form all dutifully filled out and was directed to turn around and go back from whence she came.
If they would just put a little turn around area before you get to immigration that allows you to cross back it would save those who make a mistake and their immigration chaps a lot of time and effort.
