[pct-l] Canada issues

[Jackie McDonnell]

The "Application to Enter Canada via the PCT"  is something from the
Canadian government.  This is for northbound hikers.  True, there are not
Canadian agents waiting to accept your permit, and most hikers don't
attempt to find their way to a Canadian immigration office to surrender the
permit.  Most hikers hike into Manning Park, then take a bus/train/plane
back to the US.

It's different for southbound hikers.
The US government states that entering the US from Canada via the PCT is
illegal.
For the specifics, go here:  http://www.pcthandbook.com/links.php

then click on:  USFS Notice Regarding Illegal PCT Southbound Entry from
Canada

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 3:49 PM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>wrote:

> The reason US immigration does not know what this form is, if you hand it
> to them,  is because it is a Canadian government form and has nothing to do
> with US immigration - it has to do with Canadian immigration.  US
> Immigration doesn't really care how you got into Canada, they just are
> concerned about whether you are allowed into the US.
>
> Most people getting this permit don't seem to fully understand that it is
> from the "Canadian Government" giving you, a non-Canadian citizen, the
> permission to enter Canada on the PCT. The "US Government" has nothing to
> do with this permission - the US Government will not give permission to
> anyone to enter the US via the PCT - even US citizens. Actually the US
> Government has complained to Canada about allowing folks to entering Canada
> in this way as they consider it insecure.
>
> Unfortunately I foresee no change in the US government policy about
> entering the US via the PCT on a preapproved basis as this current
> reasonable Canadian policy now allows.  IMHO the paranoia or just normal
> bureaucratic tendencies of the US Government are never going to tend toward
> reasonableness on this issue.
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>
> > That Canadian entry permit that your supposed to surrender upon arrival?
> >
> > If you fly home from Vancouver, you go through US customs there, not
> > when you land in the US.  There's no Canadian involvement.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.yvr.ca/en/navigating-yvr/customs-immigration/us-customs-border-protection.aspx
> >
> > As has been stated many times before, this thing is hard to get rid
> > of.  US customs knows nothing about the entry permit.  I offered mine
> > up, and the agent said he'd never heard of it, but would pass it
> > along.
> >
> > ..
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