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Old Aug 14, 2014 | 9:48 pm
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Originally Posted by relangford
Just be careful and don't say you are "working" in Canada ! My boss was held for 4 hours and needed multiple faxes to "prove" he was going to a business meeting and would not be "working". I, right behind him, said I was a tourist.
CBSA do seem to cross the t and dot the i especially for business meetings even under NAFTA. I've always been sent to secondary and asked to provide documentation. One agent even mildly "coached" me on what to say to him to be admitted under NAFTA. Decided to get rid of this nonsense and got NEXUS instead.
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