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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by pedalpete on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:28PM (#13458003)
Also a Canadian and I get grilled more by Canadian border guards than American, though I think they are picking up on me because I traveled quite regularly when I was living in Canada.

They would ask me questions like "how long are you going to be in Canada?" when I'd answer that I didn't know, they would press me about why I didn't know. One guy who had held me up for far too long, I basically told him "I'm Canadian, you don't have an option to let me in or not" at that point, he let me through...

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by monksy on Sunday January 22, 2017 @06:14PM (#13458256)
American here: I got grilled at the Canadian border because I'm an IT Worker. They were concerned over the period of a weekend I'd violate NAFTA. Coming back in the same car at the end of the weekend: I was grilled and isolated from my car about all that I did in Canada by the US side. [At that time they didn't understand what AirBnB was]
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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by slededit on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:44PM (#13459033)
> "I'm Canadian, you don't have an option to let me in or not"

Be careful with that - while they have to let you in, your stuff is another matter.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by kahnpro on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:55PM (#13459641)
Well, there are nicer ways to say it... but still. "I'm Canadian, I live here, I haven't decided yet."

I'm kind of surprised that this was even a question for a Canadian citizen.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by slededit on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:04AM (#13459910)
As a fellow Canadian non-resident I get this all the time too. The reason is because if you are returning there are tax and duty implications - e.g. the car your probably driving needs to be imported. When I moved back a few years ago (only to leave again) I had to have a slew of returning resident paperwork so my stuff could come duty free.
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