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From: phyllis@utcsri.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Customs between U.S. and Canada (what's the problem)
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 15:56:32 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  9 15:56:32 1985
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> Whether the Canada/US border is easy or difficult to cross depends on
> a lot of things, including luck.  

I am a US citizen who lived in Toronto for 15 years.  My two
children were born there.  We moved to NJ during the summer, and
three weeks ago my 9 year old daughter went back to Toronto to
visit.  When she was brought back to Pearson Airport to leave,
the US Immigration officials would not let her go because she
had no proof that she had the "right" to live in the US.  All
she had with her as ID was her Canadian birth certificate.  It
was late in the day on Sunday, and there was nothing anybody
could do except insist that she needed my birth certificate
as well.  Gee.  I was in NJ.  Anyway, we solved the problem
by going around it, and she arrived the next day, but I was
very ticked off.  I have now applied for passports for both
kids.
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		Phyllis Eve Bregman
		CSRI, Univ. of Toronto
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