Originally Posted by
blue2002
Yes, when there is a passport check at the jetway, they scrutinize every passenger coming off the plane.
My Nexus card is the same. Likely the reason why CBSA folks ask to see the actual passport. I have never experienced a jetway documents check on arrival from US.
LOL. Do you want to visit "secondary" every time you come back into the country?
The internet is full of interesting threads of folks (usually US citizens returning to US), for example, refusing to answer any questions at the border. Ok, there is some validity to this thinking: You are a citizen. You have shown your passport. In theory answering questions of an immigration officer is not a requirement to re-enter your own country, but... Why do it? Why make life difficult for yourself and the immigration folks that are, in fact, guarding your country's borders? Live and let live, I say.
It is odd when you think about it but in Canada certainly it is the CBSA and they are the combined customs and immigration. In lots of countries it is separate and the immigration do not ask you questions when you come back home, but the Customs can and certainly do so.