Yeah we had to be completely out of Canada and then re-enter so that we could get the work permit. The US side seemed to know exactly what to do, they probably deal with this all the time given that it's the closest border checkpoint to Montréal. It just worried me a little when the form they gave me to show the Canadians said "We have refused entry to these people...". But when it comes to the Gods of Immigration (tm) I always tend to worry unnecessarily. For example we didn't bring any bottles of water with us in case there was the same paranoia as there is on flights, which in retrospect was a dumb idea because it was bloody hot on Friday and we had to wait hours for the coach back to Montréal. We ended up eating dry salty chicken for lunch at the hotel restaurant half a mile up the road on the Québec side, which obviously didn't help with the thirst levels either.
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Date: 2009-09-15 02:08 am (UTC)