One Stop Security
Sep 30, 2022, 3:55 pm
#451
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
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Is cobus still needed for OSS at YYZ (coming from USA)? Any Nexus machines yet?
Seems that waits at domestic security at YYZ outside of rush periods are workable so don't want to get trapped in bus limbo (tightish connection but easily walkable in 20-25 minutes through regular customs with NEXUS and security with NEXUS or priority.
My first thought is always exit and come back in whether in LHR, YVR or YYZ. Am I wrong?
Seems that waits at domestic security at YYZ outside of rush periods are workable so don't want to get trapped in bus limbo (tightish connection but easily walkable in 20-25 minutes through regular customs with NEXUS and security with NEXUS or priority.
My first thought is always exit and come back in whether in LHR, YVR or YYZ. Am I wrong?
Sep 30, 2022, 4:05 pm
#452
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Is cobus still needed for OSS at YYZ (coming from USA)? Any Nexus machines yet?
Seems that waits at domestic security at YYZ outside of rush periods are workable so don't want to get trapped in bus limbo (tightish connection but easily walkable in 20-25 minutes through regular customs with NEXUS and security with NEXUS or priority.
My first thought is always exit and come back in whether in LHR, YVR or YYZ. Am I wrong?
Seems that waits at domestic security at YYZ outside of rush periods are workable so don't want to get trapped in bus limbo (tightish connection but easily walkable in 20-25 minutes through regular customs with NEXUS and security with NEXUS or priority.
My first thought is always exit and come back in whether in LHR, YVR or YYZ. Am I wrong?
Sep 30, 2022, 6:31 pm
#453
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,607
I'm shocked. Not by them letting you through over the limit but by the wine bottles. There's no amount they can charge you. Unless you have an import license your choices are they can seize and destroy them or you can ship them back. Entering the US you can just pay the duty but that's not an option entering Canada unless you're a licensed importer.
Sep 30, 2022, 6:36 pm
#454
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
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I'm shocked. Not by them letting you through over the limit but by the wine bottles. There's no amount they can charge you. Unless you have an import license your choices are they can seize and destroy them or you can ship them back. Entering the US you can just pay the duty but that's not an option entering Canada unless you're a licensed importer.
That said, I have brought back wine into Canada over my limit many times by road and by air. Sometimes, I have to pay the duty + taxes, other times not. But I have never had anything confiscated or even a hint that might happen. Maybe the Nexus card cuts me some slack, but I really doubt it.
Oct 1, 2022, 6:38 am
#456
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Temporarily closed pending clean-up. Over the past couple of years, @tcook052 and I have tried to develop comprehensive resources on security, CBSA, etc in the Canada forum, so as not to have information scattered across the AC, Canada, and WS boards when it's not specific to any particular airline. Plus some off topic posts.