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Re: [81attendees] New Requirement for US Employees traveling to Canada

Joe Abley <joe.abley@icann.org> Sat, 23 July 2011 19:52 UTC

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What? You mean all the theories and concern over Canadian customs and immigration on this list were a waste of time? Say it ain't so! :-)

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On 2011-07-23, at 15:35, "Ben Campbell" <ben@estacado.net> wrote:

> I checked "business" coming into Toronto. I don't think the agent even read it. She asked the purpose, and I said "the IETF conference in Quebec." She asked if I was presenting. I told her I was paying to attend, and that seemed to be the magic words. She asked me how I was getting to Quebec, then sent me on my way.
> 
> On Jul 23, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have just had a similar experience in Montreal.
>> 
>> I also ticked business (the other options being "personal" and "study"). I told the customs guy "conference", so he said, "oh, another one for the Internet uhhh something". I said "Yes! The IETF". And that was it.
>> 
>> And that's Montreal, not QC.
>> 
>> Yoav
>> 
>> On Jul 23, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Sean Turner wrote:
>> 
>>> I landed Friday evening in Quebec City and went through customs there.
>>> The customs man asked me why I was there (I ticked business for the
>>> purpose of my trip) and I said "conference."  He then asked what
>>> conference and I said "IETF" and mentioned (with a smile) that a lot of
>>> people were coming.  His response was "yeah there's a lot of you already
>>> here".  He pushed my passport back to me and said have a nice day.  Most
>>> pleasant experience ever going through Canadian customs.
>>> 
>>> spt
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