Originally Posted by
ericw
I generally found Canadian custom officers spend more time with each passenger than many other countries, especially for returning residents. Even US pre-clearance is faster sometimes.
I love the Australian style, check your PP, stamp and go!
I beg to differ the Ozzie style. DO you know how many Canadians have been doubly scrutinized by the Australian immigration... ?
My passport has been fine everywhere except in Australia for some reason. My last visit through Sydney, they want to see my "ID" even with my passport in hand. I gave them D/L, SIN, BCC but they kept saying no... in the end, they seemed happy to see my Canadian Citizenship card... which is ridiculous cos we don't use that as ID anywhere else. And not everyone has that!
And its not only people of asian origin who has problems going through australia. Seems that the way Canadian passports were made have had some problems.
Back to the OT, I have not had any problems so far through YYZ T1. I've been through YVR, YUL too and I find YYZ lacks "green" . Its too sterile. I like YUL! Very nice.