Last year my wife and I went to Canada (from Seattle) for the day. She is a Japanese national, and although she had a passport and driver's license, she didn't have her green card with her. (Canada let us in without a problem). They must have been afraid she was a 5'2" terrorist and wouldn't let us through. Until we paid a $268 "waiver" (here is a big difference in calling it a waiver instead of a fine). They gave us a choice actually. I could go home and get the green card and come back while she waited on the bench, or pay the waiver. We chose for me to go home. That seemed to confuse them. They had a pow wow in a back room and came back and rescinded the offer. We paid and when I tried to contest the "waiver" - not a "fine", I could not find anyone to talk to about it. No matter what anyone says, bring proper paper work. Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 09 2008 - 04:42:45 PDT
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