Originally Posted by
Badenoch
I know from previous experience the customs and immigration procedures in foreign ports for cruise passengers vary widely are often cursory at best.
Sure, sometimes they're cursory, but the inverse - where everyone is on the ship an extra 2-3 hours while immigration works through all the paperwork - can be true as well..... (yep, I too have experienced both ends of the spectrum...)
I don't think Canada could keep out a citizen. But that doesn't mean it has to be an easy or quick process, either. I think that's all the cautious people are saying here - check ahead of time, give the company plenty of time to help you....Often central offices are far better equipped to answer these kinds of questions than the offices on the ship, and depending on where you are, communications between the two might be limited....