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As a traveler to Canada as a 'single man', you might want to exercise caution. Particularly crossing th border in a car, you are sometimes profiled as a smuggler, of whatever .

Canadian Customs is very thorough...

 

Good advise, don't bring any electronic devices with you (cell phone, laptop,Ipad, etc.). If you do, wipe them clean first. Do not bring your cell phone with you (especially if you're crossing as single guy in a car).

 

On my next trip to Montreal, I'm not bringing any electronic devices,

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Good advise, don't bring any electronic devices with you (cell phone, laptop,Ipad, etc.). If you do, wipe them clean first. Do not bring your cell phone with you (especially if you're crossing as single guy in a car). Buying a 30-day $10.00 cash pay as you go cell phone, may be a better option.

 

On my next trip to Montreal, I'm not bringing any electronic devices, I have all my info link to a secure cloud account.I can access my text messages online, make phone calls online, send and received texts online, and retrieve my saved phone numbers from my cell phone. There are many internet Cafe in Montreal, plus there are several big libraries right on St. Catherine Street that closes after 11:00 pm, with plenty of computers to use to access your cloud account (email, text, call, etc..). If I like a stripper, I will get his number the old fashion way. If I'm interested I can alway make contact through my cloud account.

 

Jesus fucking Christ...that's a lot of fucking work to see some Canadian cock!

 

It sounds like you're planning a visit to Moscow in 1964...not Montreal in 2016!

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Huh? I travel frequently to Montréal from NY, with all of my tech products (i.e., iPhone, iPad, MacBook, all of which are synced to everything, and I mean everything), and I have not had even one faint whiff of any potential issues. I am not doubting that individual posters might have had something come up, but this out-of-the-blue caution (warning?) strikes me as odd.

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Only if you're pulled for secondary screening mate. Then, everything is fair game. I have been crossing the US-Canada border for the past 10 years (multiple times), and I have only been pulled once for secondary screening. Off course, I wasn't ready for it, my cell phone was full with texts messages with RM guys and strippers.

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Call me 'odd' then.

I am friends with a US Customs Agent, and relayed to him what happened to me. He said that Canada is one of the strictest "crossings" you can make. Any arrest you have had in US is pretty much cause that Canada will deny you entry.

And, any country can exam your electronic devices, it just that Canada does.

 

Criminal Inadmissibility - Anyone who has ever been arrested or convicted of a crime in the United States may be criminally inadmissible to Canada and refused entry at the border. Even a single misdemeanor such as a first offense DUI or DWI can render an individual excludable from Canada, and there is no presumption of innocence for the purposes of Canadian immigration. This means that as soon as a person is arrested for a crime such as drunk driving, they may no longer be eligible to travel to Canada even though they have not yet been convicted in the court of law.

http://www.canadaduientrylaw.com/denied-entry-to-canada.php

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Call me 'odd' then.

I am friends with a US Customs Agent, and relayed to him what happened to me. He said that Canada is one of the strictest "crossings" you can make. Any arrest you have had in US is pretty much cause that Canada will deny you entry.

And that any country can exam your electronic devices, it just that Canada does.

I guess I just look trustworthy to the the douaniers :D (and have no arrests, warnings, tickets, whatever, for anything, anywhere).

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As a traveler to Canada as a 'single man', you might want to exercise caution. Particularly crossing th border in a car, you are sometimes profiled as a smuggler, of whatever .

Canadian Customs is very thorough...

They are also extremely thorough at airports both in customs and security--thorough meaning slow. Expect to stand in many long lines. I thought a simple stopover just to change planes in Canada would be easy--it isn't.

 

I have never had my cellphone examined at any airport world wide. A young man with whom I had a date in Montreal advised me to wipe my cellphone, but I dismissed that advice as absurd--apparently not. I think that only happens if you set off a bunch of red flags.

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All my US-Canada car border crossings (10 years) have been fairly simple, except my last one. They typically just ask me 5 simple questions ( what is your name, where you from, where you work, what is your purpose for coming into Canada, how long you're going to be in Canada) than scan my passport, and then I get the okay. It usually takes less than 2 minutes. Unless you're pulled for secondary screening, then be prepared to go through a full screening process, many questions, complete physical search, and all electronic items will be viewed.

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All my US-Canada car border crossings (10 years) have been fairly simple, except my last one. They typically just ask me 4 questions ( what is your name, where you from, where you work, what is your purpose for coming into Canada)

 

Here are the 7 questions I was asked:

 

- Where do you live?

- What is purpose of your visit?

- How many days will you be staying?

- Do you know anyone here?

- Are you meeting anyone here?

- Are you bringing anything with you?

- (I love this one) Do you have any weapons?

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Here are the 7 questions I was asked:

 

- Where do you live?

- What is purpose of your visit?

- How many days will you be staying?

- Do you know anyone here?

- Are you meeting anyone here?

- Are you bringing anything with you?

- (I love this one) Do you have any weapons?

 

Exactly, just a few fairly simple questions.

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Here are the 7 questions I was asked:

 

- Where do you live?

- What is purpose of your visit?

- How many days will you be staying?

- Do you know anyone here?

- Are you meeting anyone here?

- Are you bringing anything with you?

- (I love this one) Do you have any weapons?

I was traveling in Chiapas, Mexico. My tour guide was an archeologist and an expert in Mayan culture. As you may know, there are many check points in Mexico manned mainly by cute 18 year old soldiers (some look to be about 14) with really big guns. They are mostly looking for illegal migrants passing through Mexico from the Central American countries to the south. My guide told me of an encounter he had had with the commanding officer at one of these check points:

 

Officer--Where are you going?

Guide--To San Christobal de las Casas

Officer--What is your profession?

Guide--I'm an archeologist.

Officer--Are you transporting any weapons?

Guide--No.

Officer--Do you have any drugs or antiquities that you plan to sell?

Guide--No, I do not.

Officer--Are you sure you have no drugs or antiquities to sell?

Guide--Yes, I am sure I have no drugs or antiquities to sell.

Officer (very quietly)--Do you want to buy some?

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Here are the 7 questions I was asked:

 

- Where do you live?

- What is purpose of your visit?

- How many days will you be staying?

- Do you know anyone here?

- Are you meeting anyone here?

- Are you bringing anything with you?

- (I love this one) Do you have any weapons?

 

 

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Not suprised, a lot of Police Officer/Border Agents in Mexico are on the drug cartels payroll.

Along the road there were colorfully painted metal towers supporting electrical lines. The colorful patterns painted on the towers were a recent addition. It seems that the small drug planes flying low under the radar had a habit of crashing into the electrical lines. The resulting power outages had become so frequent, that the government painted the towers so the drug pilots could more easily avoid them. Makes sense--I suppose.

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I have been travelling to Montreal very frequently for many years (currently almost monthly).....admittedly by plane rather than by car. I never have problems. I have no idea what all the cautions are about from other posters. I am very honest with my answers to the immigration officials upon landing at YUL. I tell them I am going to spend 3-4 days in the gay village and that I will be going to the strip clubs. They ask me if I know anyone in Montreal. My response is: "Only strippers". They laugh and tell me to have a good time. I've been more than 100 times and have had zero problems. The only people I have heard of that have problems with immigration officials are attractive young foreigners that are travelling into Canada. Sometimes the authorities think they are coming in to work as a stripper. Then they check e-mails and texts to see if you have made work arrangements in Canada. I do know non-Canadian strippers that have landed at YUL and have been denied entry because it was found out that the were planning to work in the city as a stripper. A non-Canadian can only do that legally if they have all the proper work permits from the government.

 

There is nothing wrong with going to Canada to visit strip clubs as a patron. There is also nothing wrong with having a history of texts/e-mails with strippers (which I do) including making arrangements to see them. Canadian immigration officials have zero interest in this. Their main concern is what you are bringing into the country with you and whether would plan to work for pay whilst you are in Canada. Erase the cell phone history?? That's nonsense.

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I have been travelling to Montreal very frequently for many years (currently almost monthly).....admittedly by plane rather than by car. I never have problems. I have no idea what all the cautions are about from other posters. I am very honest with my answers to the immigration officials upon landing at YUL. I tell them I am going to spend 3-4 days in the gay village and that I will be going to the strip clubs. They ask me if I know anyone in Montreal. My response is: "Only strippers". They laugh and tell me to have a good time. I've been more than 100 times and have had zero problems. The only people I have heard of that have problems with immigration officials are attractive young foreigners that are travelling into Canada. Sometimes the authorities think they are coming in to work as a stripper. Then they check e-mails and texts to see if you have made work arrangements in Canada. I do know non-Canadian strippers that have landed at YUL and have been denied entry because it was found out that the were planning to work in the city as a stripper. A non-Canadian can only do that legally if they have all the proper work permits from the government.

 

There is nothing wrong with going to Canada to visit strip clubs as a patron. There is also nothing wrong with having a history of texts/e-mails with strippers (which I do) including making arrangements to see them. Canadian immigration officials have zero interest in this. Their main concern is what you are bringing into the country with you and whether would plan to work for pay whilst you are in Canada. Erase the cell phone history?? That's nonsense.

I can't imagine that customs officials would object to tourists spending money legally in Canada. They are looking for terrorists, illegal immigrants, criminals, drugs smugglers, guns, explosives, live animals and fruits and vegetables.

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Six or seven years or so ago I was going to spend the weekend in Victoria with an escort. I think it was Brock Hart. I remember once we reached Victoria being pulled into a Border Patrol office and being questioned. The escort was too. Apparently our answers matched because they let us go. I don't know if this was routine screening or if we triggered extra questioning. I had my cellphone with me. But no one asked to look at it.

 

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