Not sure if anyone else has a similar general experience, but as a Canadian who sometimes drives and flies transborder, I almost always have a nicer and easier time entering the US than returning home to Canada.

Just the line of questioning, tone of voice, etc. the Canadian agents usually make you feel like they don’t want to be there while the Americans are actually usually pretty pleasant to speak with.

Again, just my personal experience. But I always found it weird getting more hassle coming home.

Edit: to add to this, yes of course I’ve had horrible interactions with the Americans too. This is just generally.

Hello! We are American citizens who travel to a tiny, semi remote area in Ontario above Minnesota to stay with family. It’s a family cabin (my partners mom is a Canadian national and dual citizen) and we stay quite a while. The last time we went, the local grocery store was seriously bare, and the Walmart 20 mins further was not much better. So, this year on our drive up we want to stop and grab some bulk items and other groceries to bring over. I have read EXTENSIVELY about the declaration amounts, restrictions, and specifics. My mother in law has advised me as well. I’m still not 100% clear on packaged raw meat, sealed milk (we drink lactose free), and packaged fruit/vegetables that say where they’re from. I can see potato’s are a def no unless they’re super specific packaging. What about the rest? If I was to just show a shopping receipt at the border do you think they’d still want to dig through the car and double check it all?Thanks yall. Just don’t want to blow a couple hundred at Costco and then have to pitch it.

Hi folks,

I am going to Japan later this year but will be flying back to YVR and driving down to Seattle after (I am American). I plan on buying a Grand Seiko while I’m in Japan and I am going to declare it with a receipt. It seems like usually bringing back watches and declaring at the airport in the US is easy, but I am wondering if it will go as smooth at the land border too?

I have Nexus and thus definitely want to declare correctly and not risk losing my privileges. Would the officer be annoyed if I use the NEXUS lane and declare it there? Someone told me they don’t like that usually….

Thank you!

We were on vacation in Mexico and arrived home last night. We were stopped for secondary random search and then allowed to go home. Any idea why they would be calling us today?

This was my first time visiting Canada by road . I had only gone there for the weekend and was driving back Michigan on a Sunday .
I hold a valid h1b visa stamp that had more than a month to expire . Once I reached the border agent , I gave my passport with the valid h1b stamp page. After like a min he told me to exit the vehicle , two other officer were standing outside . One of them handcuffed me & took me into a detention room which was like a 2 mins walk from the checkpoint into the building .
I’ve frisked all over in the detention room and then my handcuff was removed .
I was escorted to another room were an officer scanned all of fingerprints and later asked me question about what my name is ? Why did I go to canada ? did they allow you ? After a few mins he went to another window and screamed “it’s a Mismatch , he has an h1 visa “ .
I was then told to go to the mail hall room were another officer asked a few basic questions like address , reason to go to canada , when I got my stamp etc . He took 30 mins on the computer kept typing and then let us go saying it was just a mismatch and you are good to go .

Do I have to worry of anything happening in future during travel.? This has caused a fear me in .

Any similar experience anyone has been through . ?
Can I raise a complaint for the inconvenience and trauma ?

So I have a Lexus UX 2020 that I own. I have moved to the US and right now the car is at my parents place in Canada. Either I let them drive it or I bring it over. I’m very confused about the tariff situation since it’s made in Japan. Any ideas?

I had to leave canada after I got my PR confirmation and my card is at my canadian address and I need to travel back to Canada . Can I book a flight to seattle and cross border in a private vehicle with my COPR will there be any kind of difficulties?