Originally Posted by IluvSQ

I had the exact same thing happen at HGH a number of years ago - flight
cancelled due to fog. I had a multi-entry visa, my travel companion had
already used his single-entry one; but the Chinese immigration were
very good about letting us re-enter - what they did was cancel our exit
stamps, and then the next day re-stamped the exit stamp.

Originally Posted by RP TPA

Another occasional issue would be our Sydney NS-Yarmouth-Boston flight (back when Yarmouth had commercial service). Sometimes. due to fog, the flight had to overshoot Yarmouth and fly into Boston. All the psgrs would need to clear US immigrations, including the YHZ-Yarmouth ones. Those psgrs obviously didn't have passports. US immigrations was fine with that, usually just asked for any form of ID, Once out of customs, those psgrs would wait for the return Boston-Yarmouth-Sydney flight. By that time, the fog usually had burned away, and we got those psgrs into Yarmouth.

Originally Posted by tireman77

That is my question.

Originally Posted by Sean Peever

So just wanted to post a fun detour today. Landing in yvr from yyz on flight 33 all passengers were sent to canadian customs ( best guess someone opened the wrong door ).

Originally Posted by Shareholder

Had something like this happen years ago when my YYZ-LAX flight was cancelled due to weather shortly before boarding. Since everyone had "entered" the US, we had to go through Canadian customs and pick up our bags from the transborder arrivals area. In this case, AC reps accompanied our group through customs and no forms or anything else had to be dealt with. Customs hall was empty at the time so I guess there was no concern about us intermingling with legit US arrivals.

Also had a similar event occur at PVG when our flight had to turn back from taxiing out due to thick fog. The flight was cancelled and we were all off-loaded and led through Chinese immigration/customs. Now in China you'd expect all sorts of bureaucratic hassles and the like due to expired visas, multi-entry on single entry visas, etc. However, the Chinese agents were very blasé about the whole thing and just waved us through. We didn't have to fill anything out or get new visa stamps. Next morning also expected some hassles leaving with already stamped exit visas but once more, no problems.

If I was producing the border series, I'd certainly want to include this vignette as a light hearted event.

Originally Posted by zorn

By asking questions about whether it was AC's fault or not, I hereby declare you to be, with no right of appeal or reconsideration, permanently,

an APOLOGIST.

Originally Posted by Shareholder

But to dive into the realm of academia, I suppose to be blunt you'd first be stereotyped based on your pattern of speech and ethnicity. If the immigration officer was satisfied you "looked and sounded" like a Canadian (and don't challenge me on what that means), then your provincial driver's license or health card would be enough as long as it had a photo on it, with perhaps something like a business card, employer ID or other form of corroborating item (like a credit card). If there was suspicion about one's "Canadianess" then the basic requirement that landed immigrants carry the always required "papers" and naturalized citizens their citizenship card should resolve that issue. Such documents are provided for just such purposes. This would apply for entry by car, boat or plane...or foot.

Originally Posted by drwilliams

You grow up in a border town too?

I am Canadian. Not like the beer commercial, an actual Canadian. I am entitled to be in this country by right of citizenship. May have to know border guard lingo or go through hoops, but a passport is not required to enter, or be in, my country.

Originally Posted by AirCanadaFlyer

I had a funny situation flying to LGA once. Upon final approach we aborted the landing and ended up landing in EWR. All of us thought we could get off the plane and take a cab to NYC but we were met by US Customs Agents and were told that we could not leave the plane because we declared we were going to NY and that if anyone leaves, they would get a $10,000 fine and since I could not expense that I sat on the plane for two hours till we finally got clearance for our 10 minute flight from EWR to LGA.
My biggest complaint was that there was no in-flight service and no bathroom usage during the flight from EWR-LGA.

Originally Posted by Shareholder

This is rather academic because no country would let a Canadian citizen or resident in without a valid passport (issued by Canada or another country) and that country's entry visa, so there's hardly any way a natural born or naturalized Canadian could return without such a passport...even though to get back in does not require one.

But to dive into the realm of academia, I suppose to be blunt you'd first be stereotyped based on your pattern of speech and ethnicity. If the immigration officer was satisfied you "looked and sounded" like a Canadian (and don't challenge me on what that means), then your provincial driver's license or health card would be enough as long as it had a photo on it, with perhaps something like a business card, employer ID or other form of corroborating item (like a credit card). If there was suspicion about one's "Canadianess" then the basic requirement that landed immigrants carry the always required "papers" and naturalized citizens their citizenship card should resolve that issue. Such documents are provided for just such purposes. This would apply for entry by car, boat or plane...or foot.