Crossing the border from Canada to US unofficially?

[UnionJack]

[quote:99c5359f8e="thelegendaryrob"]
THAT said, why were you denied entry? lack of funds?[/quote:99c5359f8e]

That was back in the day when RPG's were just taking off... I had a lot of RPG (role-playing game) material. They thought I was some sort of nutt job... I am, but it doesn't show until you know me fairly well....

Told me to get a psychological evaluation and a clearance letter.... Never once asked me about funds...

I was driving a 10 year old car at that time... 1988 and I was driving a 1978 hatchback corolla SR5 (brown and ugly) with Colorado Plates... I had just come from Ft Morgan, CO.

[thelegendaryrob]

> was driving a 10 year old car at that time... 1988 and I was driving a 1978 hatchback corolla SR5 (brown and ugly) with Colorado Plates... I had just come from Ft Morgan, CO.

a 10 yr old car with tags on it from a non-border state, and a driver whoisnt sure how long hes staying in country thats packed with Apparently Useles Crap (officers view) translates as 'lack of funds', jack.

[UnionJack]

[quote:757c54aa70="thelegendaryrob"]> was driving a 10 year old car at that time... 1988 and I was driving a 1978 hatchback corolla SR5 (brown and ugly) with Colorado Plates... I had just come from Ft Morgan, CO.

a 10 yr old car with tags on it from a non-border state, and a driver whoisnt sure how long hes staying in country thats packed with Apparently Useles Crap (officers view) translates as 'lack of funds', jack.[/quote:757c54aa70]

I have a "friend" in Imlay City, who coincidently has a father who works for US immigration / Border patrol, and he's going to give me a lift across to London, Ont. this spring.

I planned it out with him, I thought it would be the easiest way to get across.... in a car with someone you know that has money.

[thelegendaryrob]

who works for US immigration / Border patrol, and he's going to give me a lift across to London, Ont. this spring.


US ICE and canada customs are NOT the same thing, jack.
US ICE *has* to let you back into USA, if you are native -born america citizem regardless of funds or ID.

however, if crossing TO canada in a car, have the friend loan you at least $300 (for yoru wallet, forthe crossing) you can return it to him before you part ways.(and have soem LOGICAL ANSWERS READY)

[UnionJack]

I didn't mean to imply I had some sort of inside track... it's just coincidence and in no way helps or hinders me...

[Fait]

I've heard that there are towns where one side of the street is the US and the other side is canada. But has anyone hitchhiked accross the border without a passport? Like get picked up on one side and then dropped off on the other.

[thelegendaryrob]

americans crossing into canada and vice versa dont need a passport, just ;'ID, ;sufficient funds. the appropriate lack of crimnal record/arrests for the country being entered, and (most important of all) 'straight answers')

[madnomad]

I agree with the above posts. I was denied entry into the US from Canada a year ago at Emerson, Manitoba.

I cannot stress the importance of pre-planning cooking up a story and having the sufficient documents to go along with it that will get you across before you attempt cross the border, it seems logical but I was so into hooking up with my friends down in the states that I thought it wouldn't be that important.

And oh yea! that bastard who runs the little convenience store in Emerson (close to a motel and right across from the greyhound bus stop) is a real asshole, He wouldn't even give me change for a toonie (I had to buy something-prick) when I needed to use the phone after all that shit from the border pig...rrrr...

[dobson18]

i was turned around crossing the border in maine from a ferry cuz i didn't have the funds so i had sleep the night in the ferrys washroom but i went back to days later with a better plan just to tell then that i had money on the bank card and that got me across