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MileageAddict Jul 24, 2006 10:53 pm
Originally Posted by zoyabean
I was told "no" when I asked Canada Customs to stamp my son's Canadian passport. Apparently this is a big no-no for them.
My 8 year old politely asked for a Canadian stamp in January 2006 and the agent not only complied but did so with a smile.

ironmanjt Jul 25, 2006 8:00 am
Originally Posted by UMassCanuck07
Have you ever been told "no"?
Yes. I ask every time, and the nos have been:

US: about 50% of the time. "We don't stamp US passports."
Canada: about 25% of the time. "You already have enough stamps."
DPRK: I was 0 for 2. I guess they just don't stamp as practice.

Everywhere else has always stamped when asked.

ironmanjt Jul 25, 2006 8:01 am
Originally Posted by zoyabean
I was told "no" when I asked Canada Customs to stamp my son's Canadian passport. Apparently this is a big no-no for them.
Not sure of your citizenship, but I have 50+ stamps from Canada, so it's not a big no-no. Some agents (has anyone noticed Canada seems to have the youngest immigration officials in the world?) are just lazy it seems.

Doug_1970 Jul 25, 2006 11:00 am
Originally Posted by wanderlust_jules
In recent years it was only France not wanting to stamp but they will upon request. I even get as bold as to ask them to stamp on a particular page. My last trip to Singapore they were about to stamp over another stamp on a page already full and I anxiously asked them to pick a different page. I got a funny look but they complied.
I always request the page that I want the stamp put on, this stops them from picking a blank page and stamping bang in the middle of it. Once you've got a passport filled with a stamp on each page, it's impossible to get a visa. No-one has ever refused to stamp on the page I requested.

Doug

Swanhunter Jul 25, 2006 11:06 am
Earlier this year I transitted YYZ from ORD on the way to HKG. My answer to the question about destination brought a short flip through my passport, a comment 'wow, you have enough stamps already, no need to make you pay for another passport too soon' and a friendly 'welcome to Canada'. With a UK passport, I was shocked.

Even the blackshirts in the US (EWR specifically) didn't stamp me in once.

YVR Cockroach Jul 25, 2006 11:22 am
Originally Posted by ironmanjt
has anyone noticed Canada seems to have the youngest immigration officials in the world?
Believe or not, they could be summer students.

YVR Cockroach Jul 25, 2006 11:24 am
Originally Posted by Swanhunter
no need to make you pay for another passport too soon' and a friendly 'welcome to Canada'. With a UK passport, I was shocked.
Apparently if you have a Canadian entry stamp in your current passport, you won't need another stamp (at least at land crossings).

enthusiastic flier Jul 25, 2006 11:26 am
Are we talking entry or exit stamps..? I have very limited experience compared to the well-flown FT'ers but I've found out they don't stamp your p'port while leaving UK...

And while we're at it....the entry stamps for MAN are just plain CRAPPY!!! :mad:

ironmanjt Jul 25, 2006 11:51 am
Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
Believe or not, they could be summer students.
Oh, I know. Many years ago I lived next to a summer student who was working immigration at YYZ. Try that in the US....

IAH_FLYER Jul 25, 2006 12:26 pm
I have at least two from Canada (both at YUL), and I seem to always get a US entry stamp at EWR but nowhere else.

The worst stamp I received was a US entry stamp over the top of my Brazillian visa. How rude is that?

ralfp Jul 25, 2006 12:53 pm
Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
Believe or not, they could be summer students.
That explains the Canadian guy at the I-87/A-15 crossing, in response to being handed ROK passports, asking if the ROK was "North or South Korea?". That got a big laugh from me.

uproared Jul 25, 2006 1:23 pm
I love collecting stamps, and better yet VISAS! (I visit Bali twice a year, so my passport is quickly becoming thicker).

Mind you, whenever I'm in Europe I end up whipping out my dutch passport to bypass the foreigner lines so I miss out on a stamp.

YVR Cockroach Jul 25, 2006 1:57 pm
Originally Posted by ralfp
That explains the Canadian guy at the I-87/A-15 crossing, in response to being handed ROK passports, asking if the ROK was "North or South Korea?". That got a big laugh from me.
Even better (or worse), someone else on this board reported arriving into YYZ from the U.K. and was hassled because he/she was there to give a talk and the officious ;) noted he/she didn't have a work visa. The poster had to point out he/she was entering on a Canadian passport.

I don't whether that warrants :rolleyes: :td: :mad: :confused: or :eek: :D

dll Jul 25, 2006 2:04 pm
Originally Posted by Tyler Durden

Now, to steer this thread in a slightly different direction: Does anyone know why the immigration officer at Heathrow the other night wrote what appears to be a "72" in pen on top of her stamp? I explained to her that I had a flight scheduled to JFK the next morning. I also had a previous LHR stamp from seven weeks prior. I have a theory, but I don't want to prejudice any possible answers.
Often when I transit London airports and have to exit C+I to check-in, they denote on my stamp "IT" for in transit. Perhaps their handwriting was a bit sloppy?

Fishie Jul 25, 2006 2:41 pm
Originally Posted by Tyler Durden
I just recently traveled in Europe and got (my U.S. passport) stamped in every country, even when leaving for London from the Munich airport at the end of my trip. Didn't have to ask once, though I probably would have.

I think the reason for that, though, is because I was crossing into and out of the area covered by the Schengen treaty. I was stamped at the Prague airport (after arriving from London), at the Austrian border (on the train from Prague), and at the Hungarian border coming from Vienna. I also got re-stamped coming back through Austria to Germany, but not at the Austria-Germany border, which is pretty much what I expected.

Now, to steer this thread in a slightly different direction: Does anyone know why the immigration officer at Heathrow the other night wrote what appears to be a "72" in pen on top of her stamp? I explained to her that I had a flight scheduled to JFK the next morning. I also had a previous LHR stamp from seven weeks prior. I have a theory, but I don't want to prejudice any possible answers.

Back on topic, I'd like to add that I was too cool for school to ask for a stamp once at CDG, and regretted it (hence my later request). Also, I have a Canadian stamp in my passport, which makes a friend of mine actually jealous. But he's a massive Canadophile.
Probably means leaving within 72 houres.
Its either a 12 or 72 from my experience.
if your connection to leave is within 12 houres they will putt a 12 and if its more then 12 they will put a 72.

I could be wrong though.


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