[JONAT] Possible Travel Restrictions

[jonat@autox.team.net]

>It is probably
> easier to cross the US Canada border than any other border in the world
> (if you are Canadian or American and are not a felon or carrying a
> weapon).

That's a common myth.  It is actually one of the hardest western borders
to cross.  A few years ago I drove between various European countries in a
Dutch car and it was far easier than crossing US/Canada even then.  It is
much worse now.  I know of a case where the VP of a company I worked for,
who often travelled between the Manitoba plant and the North Dakota plant
and was well known to the guards, got refused entry because he had
forgotten his passport that day.  He had to go back and get it.  And he
did not get lippy with the guards.  He is smart enough to know that does
no good.
Bring all the documentation you've got, check out the items that cannot be
transported (leave those alligator skin cowboy boots and the Colt 45
behind), take off your sunglasses, turn off the radio, and make NO jokes
or smalltalk when you meet the nice man at the border.  If you do have any
kind of record, no matter how old, either get a pardon or stay home.
Keep all receipts handy, especially the first one you get after you cross
the border, since it proves how long you were in the country.

Alan Heartfield
Winnipeg Sector Co-ordinator



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