Originally Posted by
trooper
It is an Interesting question.... do you suppose a Canadian with access to an appropriate private aircraft is allowed to fly in to ANY airport/airfield in Canada capable of taking the aircraft and say the same thing about the lack of immigration and Customs facilities? "Not my problem" Is that any different?
I have come into Canada on GA aircraft at an airport without a CBSA facility many times. You are required to contact phone the Telephone Reporting Center who can clear you over the phone or send officers to the airport for clearance.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/can...alavi-eng.html
There is also a similar procedure for boaters.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-v...pp-eng.html#a3
Originally Posted by
Newbie2FT
For a person arriving on a cruise ship, these mandates are reinforced by the power the law gives to the cruise operator. The Customs Act instructs them that, with highly limited exceptions, "every person in charge of a conveyance arriving in Canada shall ... ensure that the passengers and crew are forthwith on arrival in Canada transported to a customs office referred to in subsection (1)." (
Customs Act section 11(3)).
While the
CBSA Halifax Marine office hours are officially 8 am to 12 midnight daily, the office may be unstaffed and closed when they are not on notice that a cruise ship will be fully disembarking one or more passengers.
Thanks. Very helpful. I note that Halifax is an authorized disembarkation site for cruise ships.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/se...o-onc-eng.html
Certainly, I do not wish to circumvent the law and would contact cruise ship operations and make arrangements with the CBSA to be cleared similar to landing in a private boat or aircraft.
Another interesting aspect is whether cruise passengers who are day visitors to their own country undergo different scrutiny that those from other countries. I've never landed in Canada as a cruise passenger but know from previous experience the customs and immigration procedures in foreign ports for cruise passengers vary widely are often cursory at best.