Your Experience?

[jnwong]

Hi, my friend and her husband would like to take a 1-week auto trip to Vancouver, Canada for vacation. They have not been there before and are holding green card.

Does anybody have any recent experience with land crossings at the US/Canadian border? What needs to be brought other than green card? e.g. documentation of how green card was obtained, current employers letters, pay checks?

Also, do they need to carry their own passports as well for getting back to the US (as they had heard US immigration only check green card)? Anything that they will need to be cautious about to avoid hassels?

Please share your recent experience, thank you.

 

[emc1234]

1) goto canada: candadians are very lazy. they might not even get up their chair to see your doc. but bring GC and passport. and some doc on your hotel etc.

2) on the way back: US guys are more serious. they will ask for GC and passport and might search your car.

It should be very simple. It might take 30 seconds each.