customs
May 4th 2006, 12:24 am
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customs
I will be visiting my other half in Winnipeg next week... and I was wondering what exactly I have to declare... now, I remember my last experience going through immigration (I was staying for 6 months) I was given a warning because a half eaten box of cadburys chocolate fingers that were in my hand luggage as munchies on the plane, wasn't declared. I had mentioned that they were purely snacks for myself, I just hadn't managed to finish them all by myself and was told that' it doesn't matter, you still need to declare it!'
Now, I am like many other women, a craft-aholic, I will be bringing with me a fair amount of craft items to satisfy my crafting needs... at this point I will say that none of it is brand new and is merely my collection that I have accumulated over the years.
My question is, will I have to declare this?
Now, I am like many other women, a craft-aholic, I will be bringing with me a fair amount of craft items to satisfy my crafting needs... at this point I will say that none of it is brand new and is merely my collection that I have accumulated over the years.
My question is, will I have to declare this?
May 4th 2006, 5:06 am
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Re: customs
Maple, Winnipeg is full of craft stores and crafting appears to be a stable.
Do you need to bring a real load? could you do so Canadian crafting?
It might get tag as merchandise. Probably depend on he day the immigration custom office is having.
Do you need to bring a real load? could you do so Canadian crafting?
It might get tag as merchandise. Probably depend on he day the immigration custom office is having.
May 4th 2006, 9:32 am
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Re: customs
Originally Posted by Grah
Maple, Winnipeg is full of craft stores and crafting appears to be a stable.
Do you need to bring a real load? could you do so Canadian crafting?
It might get tag as merchandise. Probably depend on he day the immigration custom office is having.
Do you need to bring a real load? could you do so Canadian crafting?
It might get tag as merchandise. Probably depend on he day the immigration custom office is having.
Thank you for your reply. I guess I would have to take a risk.
May 4th 2006, 3:16 pm
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Re: customs
Was the biscuit problem not more related to open food/dairy (I know, what a joke, but chocolate covered biscuits contain British milk and that's not a welcome substance in many parts of the world!)...
A German guy I worked with once stood and proceeded to stuff half an open packet of biscuits into his face at Washington Dulles rather than surrender them to the customs officer who was insisting he could not bring them into the US
Edit: I've found Winnipeg airport customs/immigration to be the most laid back of all. I'd rather face two of them than one from Pearson any day :scared:
A German guy I worked with once stood and proceeded to stuff half an open packet of biscuits into his face at Washington Dulles rather than surrender them to the customs officer who was insisting he could not bring them into the US
Edit: I've found Winnipeg airport customs/immigration to be the most laid back of all. I'd rather face two of them than one from Pearson any day :scared:
May 4th 2006, 4:36 pm
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Re: customs
[QUOTE=Biiiiink]
A German guy I worked with once stood and proceeded to stuff half an open packet of biscuits into his face at Washington Dulles rather than surrender them to the customs officer who was insisting he could not bring them into the US
LOL, I remember doing this with about a third of a large bar of dairy milk that i hadn't eaten on the plane rather than give it to customs in the states !
A German guy I worked with once stood and proceeded to stuff half an open packet of biscuits into his face at Washington Dulles rather than surrender them to the customs officer who was insisting he could not bring them into the US
LOL, I remember doing this with about a third of a large bar of dairy milk that i hadn't eaten on the plane rather than give it to customs in the states !
May 4th 2006, 6:58 pm
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Re: customs
[QUOTE=wonderwoman]
Yeah, I think it's "biohazard" rules, not tax ones. Although the Americans do seem to have a real bee in their bonnet about chocolate liquers (prohibited along with lottery tickets, obscene publications, and drugs). Maybe it combines "evil" of drink with "food for children"? Or maybe some senator on a committee choked on one and decided to get his revenge? Weirdos.
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Originally Posted by Biiiiink
A German guy I worked with once stood and proceeded to stuff half an open packet of biscuits into his face at Washington Dulles rather than surrender them to the customs officer who was insisting he could not bring them into the US
LOL, I remember doing this with about a third of a large bar of dairy milk that i hadn't eaten on the plane rather than give it to customs in the states !
LOL, I remember doing this with about a third of a large bar of dairy milk that i hadn't eaten on the plane rather than give it to customs in the states !
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May 4th 2006, 9:51 pm
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Re: customs
[QUOTE=kt0157]
Yeah, I think it's "biohazard" rules, not tax ones. Although the Americans do seem to have a real bee in their bonnet about chocolate liquers (prohibited along with lottery tickets, obscene publications, and drugs). Maybe it combines "evil" of drink with "food for children"? Or maybe some senator on a committee choked on one and decided to get his revenge? Weirdos.
K.
Hey, chocolate liquers, they can prohibit those all they like, nasty things!, as for biohazard, makes me laugh really when you compare a small innocent bar of dairy milk to some of the fast food crap that you can buy there :scared:
Originally Posted by wonderwoman
Yeah, I think it's "biohazard" rules, not tax ones. Although the Americans do seem to have a real bee in their bonnet about chocolate liquers (prohibited along with lottery tickets, obscene publications, and drugs). Maybe it combines "evil" of drink with "food for children"? Or maybe some senator on a committee choked on one and decided to get his revenge? Weirdos.
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May 4th 2006, 10:34 pm
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Re: customs
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and that would be different from the same fast food crap you can buy in the UK, how?
I visited one of those "Little Chef's" once. Whoa now there's a bio hazard.
Originally Posted by kt0157
as for biohazard, makes me laugh really when you compare a small innocent bar of dairy milk to some of the fast food crap that you can buy there :scared:
I visited one of those "Little Chef's" once. Whoa now there's a bio hazard.
May 5th 2006, 11:02 pm
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Re: customs
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and that would be different from the same fast food crap you can buy in the UK, how?
I visited one of those "Little Chef's" once. Whoa now there's a bio hazard.
Well I fly back to winnipeg on thursday, with my sweets for the plane and my long loved craft supply in tow (yes I know, I'm sad) I will let you know how it goes.
Originally Posted by wonderwoman
and that would be different from the same fast food crap you can buy in the UK, how?
I visited one of those "Little Chef's" once. Whoa now there's a bio hazard.
