Originally Posted by
defrosted
My guess is it has just as much to do with with how you answer versus the words you say. Even their question is probably more to get you talking and reacting than anything.
Yes, some posters are saying you need to come up with a "good story."
My "honest friend" told immigration that he didn't have any plans (he went to Quebec City for a short vacation). For some, who are of the mindset that CBSA is supposed to catch contraband and whatever they do has its purpose, then he "should" get interrogated. But he was just telling the truth. He literally didn't make any plans cause he just likes to wander around, find something interesting, talk to strangers.
So, to get through immigration more easily, he should make up a story, or come up with a detailed itinerary of his plans. Even though that would be lying
Originally Posted by
bambinomartino
Even before my homeland entered the EU and travelling on that "Second World" passport, I was never subjected, anywhere in Europe, to the kind of questions that CBSA officials ask me as a returning Canadian citizen.
This notion that a citizen entering his own country should somehow be under suspicion of intending to commit a crime is just... I have a word for it, but don't want to get permanently suspended from this forum. Good Lord!
I would suggest flying in to YTZ or YYJ, you will have a lot easier time with CBSA, but I think that would be hard to do that from Europe, though not too hard from the US.
I did that sometimes, flying in to YTZ instead of YYZ-made life a lot better.