[pct-l] If you get rejected by Canada...TURN AROUND!!!! It. Is. Not. Worth. It. Whew.

[dnlcyclone at aol.com]

In response to "why would U.S. authorities deny you entry?"  That's actually who I would worry about more: U.S. authorities.  When my wife and friend thru-hiked the Pacific Northwest Trail, we had valid passports and no rejection from Canada, but being grizzled looking hikers, both Canada and the U.S. made us empty our packs and go into isolation rooms for 30 minutes each way.  Imagine what will happen when the U.S. sees that you have no legal admittance into Canada and no stamp to show that you entered Canada/left the U.S.  People: you really don't want to mess around with this.  The paranoia that these customs officials operate within is pretty ridiculous, and it's just not worth it.  Again:  I got more problems from U.S. customs when I was entering into Port Angeles, Washington than I did in Victoria, BC... and I had no prior convictions and had broken no rules/laws.  




Re:

"I haven't responded to this thread yet...

Why would the US, the country where you're a citizen of, deny you entry?
The real issue is with the Canadian authorities. If they were going to, or
already did, deny my entry, why would they keep me? Unless you have a
warrant or something in either country, I don't see that you would not be
allowed to return to the US. I'm not speaking from any experience or
understanding of the law, but I would think the worst case scenario is they
might detain you a bit to harass you or something. I just don't see the
logic of a Canadian official saying, "you entered our country without
permission, and you have a prior conviction in the US that makes us not want
you. Now we're going to keep you here." Wouldn't they just deport you? Isn't
that your goal? LOL

I'm not advocating anyone break the rules. I don't anticipate being denied
entry, but all this talk about the chance to "say goodbye" has be thinking
I'd rather hike back then go to Manning! I'm much more interested in that
idea then seeing Vancouver :p"


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:

> On 2/23/2011 5:41 PM, Gerry Zamora wrote:
> > Not sure if my experience driving across is the same when hiking but
> > if it is why not go for it worse case they say no u can't come in
> > turn around and go back.
>
> There is nobody at the border on the PCT to tell you that you cannot
> come in. The problem is whether they will let you leave to go back to
> the USA.
>
> And if you do turn around at the border, you will want to know that
> ahead of time, since you will need to be carrying an extra couple of
> day's worth of food.
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