YVR customs & Imm. questions
 

I usually go through YVR twice a year for business via CX. Next week flying for the first time since new regulations and flying AA via DFW.
I always have my passport. What should I expect on both ways?
I have not gone through C & I on the outbound for a few years. Always cleared in JFK. On the inbound used to come in at 1AM so very fast. This time at 12:30 PM. Only carrying binder book for work- no samples.
Thank you in advance!

You should expect a routine and uneventful check and a breezy 'have a nice trip.'

With a passport and no problematic goods, you won't have any trouble.

Early afternoon is peak time for YVR inbounds... expect a wee wait at Immigration, and a rugby scrum in the baggage hall.

Thanks! No games for me- I only have carry-on!
And no Cubans on the way out!

Expect line ups from hell and the rudest most inconsiderate pax on the planet........seriously.........I avoid flying to YVR at all times if immigration clearance is required.

One time I waited almost an hour in the smallest resident only line which, upon approaching the podium, became evident to me that it was full of people deliberately playing stupid, since they were non-residents in the residents only line, simply because it was the smallest line at the time........the CBSA guy finally sent the last two families in front of me to the back of the other line (non-resident) so they could wait again, because he was so frustrated with the "I don't speak/read english game" these people were playing.

There should be 2-3 heavies unloading around that time. No fun at all........

For that reason the Nexus/Canpass is really wonderful. Just got back on a flight from SIN on SQ, as usual and as described the hall was filled with hundreds of people arriving from Asia. No-one at the Canpass machines. Took 1 minute to get through, with no luggage time from leaving the airplane to leaving the airport is about 10 - 15 minutes.
The $ 50.00 fee a year is well worth it. And of course the NEXUS pass works at the US pre clearance facility as well.

Please, when flying from ORD to Ottawa and back
 

where do I clear customs coming and going?

I have 50 minutes in ORD with a reservation I absolutely can't change.

AA tells me my connection time is lega, but I'm feeling iffy about it.

Thanks!

YVR. Allow a lot of extra time at check-in at YVR if you are leaving on a weekend May-Sept.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but oldpenny16's post had

in the title, so I suppose he'd be clearing customs in YOW, not YVR :D

Yes, thank you. I've decided to attempt to stand by on an earlier flight both ways to increase my time at ORD. I would rather be having a Chicago hot dog and relaxing than running through the airport.