Originally Posted by
analogueman
Yeah, that part is stupid. Don’t you get the email 15 minutes after you’ve cleared customs? You can’t exactly go back and say, “Oh, by the way…”
This system. Has anybody got a clue what they’re doing?
They say "within 15 minutes" of clearing customs. I don't know the exact time I cleared customs, but the e-mail hit my inbox 5 minutes after I got picked up by an Uber. So I was definitely no longer in a position to just walk over to a CBSA officer and say "hey, about this testing thing..."