Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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Jul 9th 2014 | 7:52 am

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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They get suspicious of certain countries, if you have spent a significant amount of time travelling, frequent travels to certain areas and so on.

It was Western Europe I believe, I could understand their suspicions if he had spent time in Middle East but partying up in Ibiza...

Jul 9th 2014 | 10:13 am

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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It was Western Europe I believe, I could understand their suspicions if he had spent time in Middle East but partying up in Ibiza...

Ya think the average CBP officer knows where Ibiza is or that its even an island that belongs to Spain.

Jul 9th 2014 | 11:08 am

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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Ya think the average CBP officer knows where Ibiza is or that its even an island that belongs to Spain.

Probably not! half of them don't know where Europe is!

Jul 9th 2014 | 1:49 pm

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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It was Western Europe I believe, I could understand their suspicions if he had spent time in Middle East but partying up in Ibiza...

You'd be surprised what they deem suspicious. My previous frequent trips to Canada were clearly a cause for concern for them based on how I was pulled aside and questioned.

Now they seem to know I live in Canada and don't give flop.

Jul 9th 2014 | 1:50 pm

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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Probably not! half of them don't know where Europe is!

Some of the Canada guards are geographically challenged as well. When crossing in Ontario with the NY border, I was asked if California was near New York...lol

Jul 9th 2014 | 7:18 pm

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Re: Our sensitive cousins to the south of us.

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Some of the Canada guards are geographically challenged as well. When crossing in Ontario with the NY border, I was asked if California was near New York...lol

Maybe they do it on purpose to see if you would say yes as an excuse to interrogate you