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

Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> Sat, 23 July 2011 17:12 UTC

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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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