how many times are you allowed to cross the US/Canada border by car each day?
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how many times are you allowed to cross the US/Canada border by car each day?
I recently visited Detroit but stayed at a Windsor hotel. It was the only hotel with reward stay availability for my entire stay.
The drive from Windsor to Detroit was pretty short, sort of like from New Jersey to New York City. The only slow part is getting past the US and Canadian border agent. I ended up crossing over only once a day, except for one day when I crossed back and forth 4 times. That apparently me got me noticed because they made me go to secondary. Since I had nothing to hide, I wasn't worried. I just explained the reason for so many crossings that day and I was allowed to go on my way. However, something the CBP agent said stuck in my mind. Exact quote: "you are only allowed to cross the border twice every 24 hours"
Is there really a law or regulation that says that?
The drive from Windsor to Detroit was pretty short, sort of like from New Jersey to New York City. The only slow part is getting past the US and Canadian border agent. I ended up crossing over only once a day, except for one day when I crossed back and forth 4 times. That apparently me got me noticed because they made me go to secondary. Since I had nothing to hide, I wasn't worried. I just explained the reason for so many crossings that day and I was allowed to go on my way. However, something the CBP agent said stuck in my mind. Exact quote: "you are only allowed to cross the border twice every 24 hours"
Is there really a law or regulation that says that?
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No way is that correct. Friends have a house in Thousand Islands, on the Canadian side, and they often do shopping, go to dinner, etc., on the US side. People cross back and forth many, many times during one day.
There are also people in Vermont who do shopping in Canada, and I'd bet there are some settlements along the Texas/ Mexico border where people cross multiple times.
There are also people in Vermont who do shopping in Canada, and I'd bet there are some settlements along the Texas/ Mexico border where people cross multiple times.
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My guess is that he meant to say that you are only allowed to cross the border twice every 24 hours without a secondary screening.
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Devil's Advocacy: you are both US citizens or LPRs right? So you have an absolute right to cross as often as you want. I gather OP is not a citizen or LPR of the US.
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US citizen, but I verbally declare Puerto Rican citizenship if asked by CBP every time I re enter US soil as a moral and political point.
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This is a good question for Firebug? Is there a reg on that and if so, where is it?
Thanks in advance.
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Can I declare that I'm a citizen of the USA and a subject of the Kingdom of Hawai'i? (just like Texas... another country annexed by the United States)
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I have talked to CBP agents in Texas who see it all the time and don't bat an eyelash over it. Notoriously horrid CBP locations like MIA, or DET might be different.
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