Using Canadians border crossing line in YVR
Aug 30, 2012 | 5:01 pm
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Just passed through an hour ago. Queues are "Residents of Canada" and "Visitors to Canada."
So as a citizen non-resident you'd use the "Visitors" line.
Can't speak to what would happen if you queue-jumped. Frankly, since it's so clearly signed if I were you I'd use the correct queue.
So as a citizen non-resident you'd use the "Visitors" line.
Can't speak to what would happen if you queue-jumped. Frankly, since it's so clearly signed if I were you I'd use the correct queue.
Sep 8, 2012 | 5:50 pm
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Didn't want to start a new thread so putting it here...
I am UK citizen and have a flight departing YVR (Alaska Airlines) on a Thursday morning for LAX. I will be flying First class.
What time do I need to be at the airport to complete check-in and pass through US immigration?
There are a couple of hotels nearby offering shuttle services. One has their first shuttle at 0347 (then every half hour), the other at 0400 (then every half hour).
If neither of these work and I have to catch a cab anyways then I have more hotel options.
I am UK citizen and have a flight departing YVR (Alaska Airlines) on a Thursday morning for LAX. I will be flying First class.
What time do I need to be at the airport to complete check-in and pass through US immigration?
There are a couple of hotels nearby offering shuttle services. One has their first shuttle at 0347 (then every half hour), the other at 0400 (then every half hour).
If neither of these work and I have to catch a cab anyways then I have more hotel options.
Sep 8, 2012 | 7:26 pm
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Sep 9, 2012 | 3:12 pm
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But since you don't give us a time, agree with above poster about 90 minutes, that has worked for me in the past, though it was on AC's Jazz.
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Sep 9, 2012 | 3:22 pm
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thanks for the replies. Yeah I guess I could have stated the departure time!
I'm on the 0620 - so I was trying to get an idea of how busy the airport would be at the time of the morning (and the First class bit was just in case there were any priority queues etc which would speed up my progress).
Sep 9, 2012 | 3:56 pm
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US CBP doesn't open until 5, but you can get into the queue before that.
Sep 9, 2012 | 3:59 pm
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Sep 11, 2012 | 11:08 am
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I think there's room for flexibility - when I first became a 'non-resident' I wasn't sure that I wasn't still a resident (came back to visit when I'd only been out of the country a short while) so I filled out the declaration card as a resident and used the associated line. When I got to the front I was gently scolded ('you'll always be a Canadian - but you're not a resident anymore...'), and told that next time through I should declare as a non-resident but use the same line.