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Originally Posted by oiRRio

On a more positive note congratulations on making it out of Cuba. I know many there who are just as keen to experience the freedoms enjoyed in the United States. ^ ^

It was Soviet Union, but thank you! ^

a related question: if you enter the u.s. from canada in a car from toronto or vancouver will you then be able to participate in the visa waiver scheme and more importantly, will you go through the fingerprinting process?

thanks!

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Originally Posted by highflyer88

Should clarify this one. It wasn't a full fledged carnival (with barkers and such), but rather, every 5th or so person was ordered to remove their shoes. I tried to opt for secondary, but it wasn't an option. "Remove your shoes or you don't fly."

Ditto. But I think the actual selection criteria was 'our only chair is empty, next guy gets to sit and wait for shoes to be xrayed' :p

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Originally Posted by davidcalgary29

I've never had any hassles flying to the US through YYC, and officers seem to be much more pleasant to deal with than they are at YYZ.

Have not yet had the pleasure of jumping terminals to pre-clear in YYZ, but I'm guessing grumpy pax make the biggest difference here. Comparitively few connectors go to the states ex-YYC, but for those who do it's a very short hop in the same terminal to reclaim baggage, etc.

FWIW to the OP, never had a groping anywhere in Canada (yet), but I do have a local passport ^