Originally Posted by
DaveBlaine
EVERY AMERICAN goes to Canada for one purpose only...and that is to move there and take jobs away from Canadians.
That seems to be the attitude from Canadian Immigration officials in my experience.
Even if this is true, it's somewhat understandable. If 10% of the US population moved to Canada, every Canadian could be out of a job.
As for NZ, if even half of most large metro areas in the US were to move there they would completely overwhelm the country.
This doesn't excuse rudness, but even if you get grilled by smiling non-aggressive agents it is going to come across as intimidating.