My general impression regarding the USA/Canada border has been that the Canadian border guards are all "Welcome to our country! Have a pleasant visit!" while the American ones are more "Who the fuck are you and why should we let you in?!?"
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2011 10:51:43 am PDT #5147 of 30001
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§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 10:54:08 am PDT #5148 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A passport is where the visas go. You guys just don't really use visas much.
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§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 10:55:36 am PDT #5149 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the Canadian border guards are all "Welcome to our country! Have a pleasant visit!"
This might be because you're American.
They're sure not that way to a Jamaican former-Canadian resident. And listening to them threaten people crossing their border was very illuminating. And, I'm sure, ultimately useless.
Burrell - Apr 25, 2011 10:55:46 am PDT #5150 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
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Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2011 10:57:09 am PDT #5151 of 30001
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My experience has been that French-Canadian border guards are not very nice people.
Burrell - Apr 25, 2011 10:57:17 am PDT #5152 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
A passport is where the visas go.
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le nubian - Apr 25, 2011 11:01:37 am PDT #5153 of 30001
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French-Canadian border guards are not very nice people
no shit. But most of the Canadian border guards in airports have not been all that pleasant. As a traveler, I'm not that pleasant either though.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2011 11:02:55 am PDT #5154 of 30001
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The US confuses the issue a little by having some of their checkpoints located in the foreign airport. So for example you have to show a passport before you board a plane from Montreal to New York.
The US also makes airlines collect all nationalty info before boarding and if doesn't match exactly to entry at US Customs they face a stiff fine.
My general impression regarding the USA/Canada border has been that the Canadian border guards are all "Welcome to our country! Have a pleasant visit!" while the American ones are more "Who the fuck are you and why should we let you in?!?"
This was not at all my experience, as I spent over an hour after my last flight to Toronto trying to explain to immigration that, no, I was not moving to Canada.
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 11:05:37 am PDT #5155 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most of my Canadian border crossings have not been into Quebec. But the border guards are about averagely assholish, slanted to more when I listened to one in particular run through "We're gonna get you, don't even look at Vancouver funny" threats. It was depressingly mechanical bullying.
Consuela - Apr 25, 2011 11:19:14 am PDT #5156 of 30001
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The Canadian border guards I have met have generally been suspicious of why I would want to go to Prince George, BC. The answer that an internet friend lives there doesn't impress them.