I had asked some questions before about going to the States on a B1/B2 visa as I was slightly worried, but there were no problems whatsoever. We cleared immigration and customs at the airport in Vancouver. The officer only asked what my OH did (he had an ESTA) and what I did. Then he asked me why people from my country can't just get an ESTA and need a visa (well, you tell me). Anyway, easy-peasy.
Thanks everyone for your past comments.

PS. Had a lovely time in San Francisco!

San Francisco or Vancouver? Is there any contest (in my opinion no, lurve SFO).

We absolutely loved it. San Francisco is basically 'buzzing', Vancouver is...well, you know... It's nice, but it's not really a 'city', is it?

Well only the delusional Vancouverites dream of comparing their city to San Francisco or any other world class city.

First time I heard that someone considered Vancouver a world class city I wanted to laugh hysterically

Someone I spoke to considered it a world class city for shopping

I understand self promotion but the BC Vancouver propaganda would make Goebbels proud.

In one way I'm happy for people that really believe it otherwise it would suck to be stuck in Van...that or shovelling snow in winter in the rest of Canada....

I was luck I was able to escape Van after only 3 years...

She even told me that people come from around the world! I thought wow, not London, Paris or New York?

What was the tipping point for you?

Glad to hear you are enjoying life in the US now, but I'm puzzled as to why you feel the need to make anti Canada comments on every post you make in the Canada Forum?

This is a post about Vancouver...not all of Canada....are you policing anti Canadian comments??

Actually it's a post about a success story with a US visa issue, but you are twisting this thread into being a moan about Vancouver
and also about the rest of Canada
If you want to complain, make a separate thread, since what you are doing is just dragging other threads off topic.

No, it's a post about the OP's trip to the US.

well i replied to the people joking about the San Francisco - Vancouver comparison which I personally find far fetched...

Sorry, that's probably me that started the city comparison thing. I saw foreigngirl's thread sitting there for a whole day with no responses and thought I would add my two cents, especially as I love SFO.

Most of the people who dislike Vancouver (the city) don't live here. They can't afford to and thats just how we want it.

That is funny...

Personally I did find that a lot of the resident that think that Vancouver is the best city in the world where to live in reality have nowhere else to go...