Just failed a border crossing
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I was just at the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit with my brother attempting to cross into Canada to do some filming for a company.. And we only yesterday realized that we'd probably need a work permit to do so. So today we adjusted our contract so that we were technically filming for "free". We got to customs and were grilled pretty hard. They asked for our phones, looked through our text conversations, and basically said that no one does "free" work and therefore rejected our story. By this time we just wanted to be as straight forward as possible, so we told them about our contract adjustment and how we were technically volunteering, and we were then threatened with being banned from Canada for 2 years for misrepresentation. We leave and head back across the bridge, and then get some pissy agent on the US side who asks us unnecessary questions and literally THREW my friends passport back at him. Well. Who would have thought going north was so complicated? What's your crazy customs or foreign government story?
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Oh, and now apparently my name is flagged for every time I try to go to Canada in the future.. And I'll have all this explaining to do each time. I now rank among international terrorists and the likes! Bin laden, my bro.
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I snuck onto an island called Jost Van Dyke for a New Year's Eve party a few years ago. Got way messed up. Jan 4th a customs officer found be in a bar still messed up. Called a water taxi for me and told me to go home. Never asked for a passport (that I didn't have) or anything. He was actually pretty cool about it.
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Weird... I live in windsor and know several CBSA agents. You must've given them some reason, even unintentionally, to treat you that way. It's generally pretty easy to get into Canada.
I've always found the U.S. Agents to be much more stringent... But I guess it's all in your own perspective.
Too bad you didn't get here to film, it's quite beautiful here.
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I do video work with some First Nations. Canadian officials are very picky about taping and get suspicious when they find recording equipment. I try to carry the minimum gear I can get by with and tell them it's my personal vacation stuff. That doesn't sound like an option for you this time.
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Just tell them you love hockey and maple syrup, they'll let you right by. Works every time.
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I have been traveling back and forth from US to Canada for 7 years with no real issues. Some of the agents on both sides can be a little tough but I have never traveled with film equipment either. Remember those agents have the power and are protecting their territory aka country.
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They have a lot more power then we know good luck next time lol
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I had a close call the last time going into the states. My buddy I was travelling with had pending gun charges(improper storage which was later dropped blah blah blah) but the kind officer sent us on our way after a little scaring haha. Just gotta have your story straight and all the facts at the ready. Don't talk to much but don't talk to little haha when I came back into Canada they pretty much just waved me passed lol
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I saw the title and I thought he was trying to get to Mexico...... 😹
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I crossed 5 borders in Central Europe with my wife's passport instead of my own on accident. The border patrol agents in Belgium didn't give a shit, apparently.
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You don't need a passport to travel through Europe. We have an agreement.
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Bam pot wrote:
As an American citizen on American Airlines I did. Maybe they just were fucking with me.You don't need a passport to travel through Europe. We have an agreement.
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Just to be sure, when I say 'Central Europe' I mean Bulgaria, Russia, Greece, Ukraine, and Belgium, in that order.
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Sucks. Once you have a DUI in the states you are also banned from going to canada. Unless you have a pardon which is damn bear impossible.
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I snuck into Venezuela once when I was on a fishing trip off the coast of Aruba. That really got my heart racing.
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Canada is a bitch to get into. I've lived it
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Just tell em you know me 👍
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I've always wanted to go visit the congo
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