First time crossing border at YVR

rainshowersposted 1 year ago

I recently crossed the border with my waiver for the first time and despite all my anxieties, it was super chill. I have a drug trafficking charge from around 2002. I was granted a 1-year waiver in November. Leading up to the crossing my brain was thinking of all these reasons it somehow wouldn't work.

I traveled with my wife and kids and we arrived at the airport (Vancouver - YVR) about 3 hours before the flight in case it was busy. We walked up to the guard and I presented my passport with the waiver folded up. He looked at all our passports, glanced at the waiver, and off we went. No secondary inspection or anything took less than 2 minutes. The only question we were asked is how long we were traveling for.

10/10 would recommend getting one of these pieces of paper!

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@rainshowers

I am glad to hear it was easy. Your waiver should be a 5 year, that conviction is from over 20 years ago. Consider trying to improve your next application. That a weak response for such an old offence.

J Rogers replied 1 year ago   #1

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