[pct-l] Entry into Canada

[David Thibault]

 The form you get via the link on the PCTA is from the Canadian Government
to enter Canada from the PCT. This is a Canadian Government Form -  the US
Government does not really care about it and is probably not even aware of
it.

On reentry to the US, all the US government wants to know is if you are a US
citizen.  If you can prove this easily (i.e. a passport) they make reentry
easier. If you can't prove your citizenship easily they generally make life
difficult for you - but the good side is if you are a US citizen they
eventually have to let you back in  - they just make you pay for not being
able to prove it by making your reentry difficult.

US PCT hikers should be aware that we are very lucky that the Canadian
Government allows us to enter their country via the PCT with just applying
for this simple form.  The US government does not allow even US citizens to
enter the US from Canada on the PCT.

You will probably never need the form you get from the Canadian Government
as there is noone around when you cross into Canada and the US doesn't
really care how you got to Canada.  But if you are stopped in Canada the
form shows that you legally entered the country.

Please get the form as I'd hate to see the Canadian Government ever get as
bad as the US government on this issue of entry via the PCT.

By the way I purposely backtracked a couple of steps back into the US at
monument 78  just to thumb my nose at the US government for not letting me
enter via the PCT.

Day-Late



> Frankly I don't know where they're supposed to be checked if anywhere.  No
> one was at the border of course coming in to Canada, and several of us
> showed the permits when exiting, and had the US border agent ask us what
> the
> forms were.  Several friends leaving on different days reported the same
> thing.  So who knows.  I wouldn't have wanted to not have one, and a number
> of people turned around just because of this, but probably no one would
> have
> asked them anyway.  US entry people clearly didn't want to see them, and
> didn't know what they were.  They asked for our passports and gave us back
> the permit with a questioning look.  Anybody out there know a definitive
> answer on this one?
>
> Shroomer.
>
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Jim & Jane Moody <moodyjj at comcast.net
> >wrote:
>
> > They don't have to stop you from entering - they check you when you try
> to
> > leave Canada.  When you can't verify that you entered with permission,
> > they've got you for illegal entry.  At that point, you're a illegal alien
> > and subject to Canadian laws and procedures.
> >
> > Mango
> >
> .
>