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I thought I would add this to my post 2 days latter with my sister and famley we drove right through. Only differance was how I dressed. that reminds me dress better then what you normally would at the usa border and you might just get through. dump the jeans, the motorcycle jacket and put on some casual wear if you got it. it can't hurt? image is everything to this jerks.
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I thought I would add this to my post 2 days latter with my sister and famley we drove right through. Only differance was how I dressed. that reminds me dress better then what you normally would at the usa border and you might just get through. dump the jeans, the motorcycle jacket and put on some casual wear if you got it. it can't hurt? image is everything to this jerks.
It might hurt if you fall off without your bike gear on :-)

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What's the point of giving you a visa if any cranky border guard can arbitrarily refuse you entry? Where is the sense in that?
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Yes, it doesn't make much sense to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars to get this waiver only to show up at the border and get turned away again. That's what I'm afraid of. They say you can apply as many times as you want, at $545 a pop I guess they would say that! Is there anyone out there that has received a waiver and if so did it work for you? By what they were saying to me at the border I don't think they would let me in even if I had a waiver, or maybe that was just part of their interrogation methods, who knows. I'm 50/50 on this one.
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Planethopper, you need to take a deep breath and regroup. The waiver doesn't cost $545. Even a visa doesn't cost $545. I'm the first to agree that American border guards are often arbitrary and unfair.....but you're doing something very wrong, and you need to figure out what it is and correct it.

FWIW to anyone who's listening: a visa, no matter for what country anywhere in the world, never guarantees entry. And countries for which you don't need a visa never guarantee entry. You can always be refused; this is not just the USA.

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[quote=Scrabblebiker;299896]My thoughts are with you. Please be careful.

Heh heh. Thanks Michelle. You know how easily frightened we Estados Unidenses are these days!

See you at Nakusp.

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FWIW to anyone who's listening: a visa, no matter for what country anywhere in the world, never guarantees entry. And countries for which you don't need a visa never guarantee entry. You can always be refused; this is not just the USA.
OK, fair enough, although I can't say I've every heard of someone being turned away at a border because someone didn't like their looks? If the US is that worried about 30 year old criminal convictions, etc., wouldn't it make sense to conduct those checks BEFORE issuing a visa? Whole process sounds worse than I thought...
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I can't say I've every heard of someone being turned away at a border because someone didn't like their looks?
Hey, I've stood right next to people while this was happening (entering the States from Canada), and I've been turned back from Canada myself due to inadequate grooming (i.e., long hair and patched clothes back in the good old days). You've never heard of this? You really do live in a parallel universe!

I'm not criticizing your perspective; actually, I find it fascinating. I thought everyone knew these things, but obviously I need to expand my horizons a bit.
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