So we are planning to go to Leamington what is required to go and come back from Canada. Our Passports are current.
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So we are planning to go to Leamington what is required to go and come back from Canada. Our visa are current
We did a few trips to Canada this past summer. Arriving in Canada there’s a number to call Canadian border patrol to let them know your arrived. They will ask you a series of questions about everyone aboard and a few questions about your vessel. If you have pets you’ll just need to make sure they’re vaccinations are up to date and bring any documentation you have. And of course bring your passports!
Arriving back in the US my wife as I both have Global Entry pass which made it pretty simple. We used the CPB Roam app when we arrived at our marina.
Going over is easy. You stay off shore stop and call canadian customs. This call can be made from the moment you enter Canadian waters and before touching land. You will need a passport at a minimum you give them the passport numbers, names of everyone on board and away you go. They have the right to meet you and search the boat but rarely happens.This is the kind of thing I've run into on the internet it is very foggy on what are the steps to prevent any problems even when you go to the Canadian border site. I would love to go to Leamington but not if it means running into any problems.
This is not the case unless you have a Nexus card. Otherwise you are required to 'land' at what CBSA refers to as a Telephone Reporting Centre - which is just about every marina! https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/services/trsm-sdtm-eng.html They have asked where we are reporting from when we call in.Going over is easy. You stay off shore stop and call canadian customs. This call can be made from the moment you enter Canadian waters and before touching land. You will need a passport at a minimum you give them the passport numbers, names of everyone on board and away you go. They have the right to meet you and search the boat but rarely happens.
Same on your return
It must be different at different places?... I go to grand bend and leamington all the time and just call in with passport numbers.This is not the case unless you have a Nexus card. Otherwise you are required to 'land' at what CBSA refers to as a Telephone Reporting Centre - which is just about every marina! https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/services/trsm-sdtm-eng.html They have asked where we are reporting from when we call in.
Wish they had a online submission app like the US Roam, which works very well.
I run into Americans all the time that say they will go never go to Canada because of all the horror stories they have heard. This thread is another example of that.This is not the case unless you have a Nexus card. Otherwise you are required to 'land' at what CBSA refers to as a Telephone Reporting Centre - which is just about every marina! https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/services/trsm-sdtm-eng.html They have asked where we are reporting from when we call in.
Wish they had a online submission app like the US Roam, which works very well.
From the mouth of the customs agent directly. I'm sure there are cases where calls have been made from close to shore, the requirement is to 'land' and then check-in. Although, with Nexus (trusted traveller) you can call in advance. I'm sure there is some lax application of the requirement depending on who you reach but that is at your risk. Not doubting what you do.It must be different at different places?... I go to grand bend and leamington all the time and just call in with passport numbers.
Very unfortunate experience and not typical! I have travelled (air) a lot between Canada and the US and have occasionally had the agent from hell (on both sides) - seeming random and illogical. Now that we have the boat and travel back and forth between countries I made absolutely sure I knew the procedures and follow them with no exceptions. There was just so much bad information on the dock on how to do it and what other captains do - one said they don't always check in and have never had a problem so we would be ok - not his boat at risk! To emphase this, our last trip to Clayton NY in Sept we had checked in via ROAM and were just tying up the dock lines when we looked up to see a sizeable Border Patrol officer standing there checking that we had entered properly. After the official business was taken care of we had a nice chat for 20 min … he did have an interesting point about his work. He had spent 6 yrs on the Texas border with lots of 'action'. The boating scene on the St. Lawrence was pretty tame and somewhat boring - he looked forward to finding those breaking the rules (he seemed pretty reasonable and would issue warnings).
I've never had problems traveling internationally before or after that incident.
No action was taken after review from multiple Canadian Agencies and Government Officials. In all fairness, I was in the wrong in that situation. I should've went to shore and called in giving the Border Patrol the option to search my boat if they wanted. I wasn't a registered CanPass user. I totally missed protocol .I should've done my own research.
Oh well. Lesson learned!