Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
Apr 13th 2011, 6:45 am
#17
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
Ditto. I landed in Edmonton and had completed all the paperwork by the time my bags arrived at the carousel... took about fifteen minutes, from what I remember.
Apr 13th 2011, 9:03 am
#18
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
I thought about that after I posted but I must agree with you. The immigration officer does mark the card but it wouldn't be beyond the wit of a half-decent people smuggler to discover what the marks mean. The customs people, in my experience, look at the card very briefly.
That's a wide-open door.
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Apr 13th 2011, 2:50 pm
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
I believe that most of the marks are meaningless. Each day there is one set of codes that will get you sent to secondary. You can usually anticipate this if the immigration spends some time looking down at their desk before scrawling on your card. I always loved secondary in YVR, it had a particular charm.
Apr 14th 2011, 5:55 am
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
Apr 14th 2011, 6:07 am
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
Go to somewhere far away for a very short amount of time. When they ask what you did be honest. Tell them you went to an airport hotel, slept, and came back to the airport. Once in Singapore I didn't even leave the airport which really confused them. Immigration at YVR once told me that any trip under 3 nights was suspicious. Actually haven't had Canadian secondary for some time. Most fun was Bermuda I think. They actually created reasons as to why I might be there for one night (most involving travelling without my wife!)
Apr 14th 2011, 6:22 am
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Re: Landing in Vancouver at night. Somethings you need to know
For me it's all about Aeroplan points and status miles. Earn points cheaply whenever/wherever....
