[pct-l] Southbound entry papers

[blueman2 at sbcglobal.net (GWohlken)]

Did you read all this?

http://www.pcta.org/planning/before_trip/permits/canada_permit_info.html

~Gayle
My son and his girlfriend are flip flopping and I'm mailing their 
papers to them before they get there.




> This is a message to any southbounders who are also US citizens.
>
> Sorry for the repeat of this issue, but going through the archives I 
> was  not
> successful finding the answers to our questions.  If it's there, I  
> missed it.
>
> Darrell will finish his NOBO hike this year and plans to spend one or  
> two
> nights at Manning Park and then hike back into the US.  I am not able  
> to be
> there with our truck to pick him up, and he will not be finished  
> hiking.  He's
> going to continue on via the PNT to the coast, where I will  meet him.
>
> I've been on the phone with Canadian officials and entry into Canada 
> will  be
> easy with the signed entry papers that I printed thanks to this mail  
> list.
> But, I've been having difficulty finding the right US  
> customs/immigration
> number to call.  (I've only found numbers that talk  about how to 
> apply for US
> citizenship, etc.)  I thought that to re-enter  the US, one had to use 
> a proper
> "port of entry", which the PCT isn't!   Searching through the PCT 
> archives,
> I've not found info on what folks do to stay  on the legal side of 
> this.  The
> archive post about the showmobilers being  fined $5k really caught our 
> attention.
>
> So - to all you southbounders.  Are any of you starting at Manning  
> Park?
> How are you entering the US.  Have any of you contacted  immigration 
> to check on
> this?  Which office did you call?  What, if  anything, are you all 
> doing on
> this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance for any/all replies...
>
> Betsy