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  • anotherandrew@mbin.mixdown.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•For those that have crossed the US / Canadian border recently: What was your experience like when dealing with US customs?
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    18 hours ago

    Canadian living in LA: Crossed from LAX -> YVR and back about 6 weeks ago. Zero issues in either direction. Back in February went from LAX -> YYZ and back. I landed exactly 24h before that DC9 flipped on its roof in Toronto. Other than bad weather coming in to YYZ, zero issues. Went from SNA -> YYZ and back for Christmas. Zero issues.

    My wife flew from YVR -> LAX and back last week. Zero issues, although she was really nervous from everything she’d read.

    IMO there are zero issues crossing the border, at least through airports. I believe most of the goofiness I’ve heard about was at land crossings, although I’ve heard from friends that they’ve had zero issues at land crossings either.

    FWIW I’m a 50 year old white guy, and at least half the time I’ve got one or two teenage boys with me, the rest of the time just me. I work with another Canadian “import” but he’s originally from Iran. He said that while he was nervous, he did not notice any increased scrutiny for himself or for his wife, who flew separately recently to Toronto and back.