I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by refurb on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:07PM (#13456646)

Same here, Canadian citizen as well. I've been absolutely grilled by the Canadians, but never by the US side.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by brianwawok on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:36PM (#13457668)

American and Canadians grill me more. What is my wife's birthday? How many days are we staying? What day of the week are we leaving?

American guard is like "do you have more than 5 bottles of wine you need to declare? No, cool"

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by kahnpro on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:57PM (#13459654)

I've never been grilled by either. But the Americans always ask mor questions. Canadians are "welcome home", Americans usually ask a few standard questions to probe my reasons but nothing approaching a grilling. Just a light toasting.

Contrast with Russian customs who looked at my passport and said "Canada? Okay go"

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by kasey_junk on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:04PM (#13464892)

I've found it varies dramatically by crossing point. As an American driving across the border I frequently get lots of questions on either side. Flying it has been full grilling to basically nothing on either side.

Flying into Toronto City airport I frequently just get a nod and hand wave.

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