Declaration Cards and other countries.
 

Now I know we have a few BE posters who travel so maybe they can share their experiences on travelling to different countries when flying.
A few on here complain or comment on having to fill out the traveller declaration card form E311 when entering Canada. They find it a hassle or the questions asked inane and not relevant in their opinion.
Regardless of this which other countries do this i.e. ask you to fill out a declaration card and answer a few simple questions?

USA Yes they have a declaration card
Mexico is a tourist visa card
Cuba is a tourist visa card

I accept flying within the EU is different i.e. UK to Spain but which others require a declaration card of some description.

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You need one for Australia and if memory serves me there is a lot more to complete compared to Canada and the US

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New Zealand as well. It's similar to the Aussie one.

You also need to fill a card out when leaving Australia, not just entering.

http://www.immi.gov.au/managing-aust...ssenger-cards/

The Aussie one is more than just a few questions. Takes about 10 minutes to fill out. The Canadian one seems like nothing in comparison really.

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I think the question should be " which countries require their citizens to fill in the same paperwork as visitors"

Yes you have to fill in a landing card if you are landing in the UK, but not if you are a British citizen.

I get the impression that is what people are commenting about

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+1 on Zoe. Nail. Head.

For me, it's less about having to fill out the card, although thats a faff that seems rather unnecessary, but it's the intrusive questions on what I have been doing out of Canada and why I, of all the people that work for the company I do, have to go do that. That's really none of Canada's business.

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Yes. Its not the form, but the interrogation.

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Interestingly enough I have NEVER been asked anything other than "where did you fly in from"

sometimes not even that. I guess I just look adorable and innocent :)

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I just tell them I can't hear. They soon get bored with having to stop mumbling.

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The form itself is a minor inconvenience. But I'm intrigued as to what is actually checked on it against the system, and how long it's kept for... FL?

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And that's where other people's plane tickets might come in handy.

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Not relevant anymore but I remember arriving at (then) Leningrad, having everything searched and having to declare the value of everything and how much money I had and then, when departing from Moscow, having it all done again.

The documents were tallied.

If leaving with something of value like a fur hat that could only have been bought legally for £100 but not having at least £100 less than I arrived with (remembering that almost everything on the trip was already paid for) then indications were it had been bought illegally or following an illegal currency exchange.

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I had something similar first time I flew into Tbilisi in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia back in the 90s but for slightly different reasons - you had to list everything you had with you and the value... if you didn't list it, chances are you wouldn't find it in your bag when you opened it. :rofl:

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Important to remember everything in it then. :eek:

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Ben keeps getting asked if he's ever had a Russian passport, slightly bizarre I think.
Apparently "Nyet" is not the correct response ;)

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The worst I had was when I went to Bali. I had one page left in my passport for their visa, but it had some felt tip soak through from the other side. The IO wasn't happy and looked like he was about to turn me away until his boss told him to stop being so jobs worth and put it in.