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Flames9_RN   358

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tea is fine!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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LeslienScott   6

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I plan on bringing tons of my Smirnoff Ice with me. As Smirnoff Ice in the US is made with malt (EWWW) & ours is made with vodka, as it should with the name Smirnoff! :) I may need an extra truck just for that! LOL!

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ashenflowers   5

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I hope someone sees this because I have another question:

When I got here in April, I found the flavor of tea that I like to drink down in the States (it can be bought down there, too, obviously -- it's from Starbucks) so I bought a whole bunch of it, thinking I'd be done with it by now. Well, I'm not, lol. I've checked the BP website, and I don't see anything about not being able to bring tea across the border, just stuff like meat, dairy, etc. It's all sealed tea (teabags are in sealed packages, I mean), so there'd be no way for them to think that it's something else... I'd just hate to have to get rid of it, because I can't find that specific flavor down there... if that makes sense... LOL.

You'll be fine. I brought a bunch of loose leaf tea with me (didn't even mention it, and they didn't look), and well, we all know loose leaf tea can sometimes look like... uh... something else. :unsure:

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SupportGeek   21

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You'll be fine. I brought a bunch of loose leaf tea with me (didn't even mention it, and they didn't look), and well, we all know loose leaf tea can sometimes look like... uh... something else. :unsure:

I brought a tin of Matcha tea that I had barely touched, and it was fine too, although mine doesnt look anything like the wacky tabaccy, green nose candy perhaps if anything :P

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frenzyheart   2

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You'll be fine. I brought a bunch of loose leaf tea with me (didn't even mention it, and they didn't look), and well, we all know loose leaf tea can sometimes look like... uh... something else. :unsure:

haha, yeah, that's what I was worried about them thinking, even though the one that's loose is in pouches and in a canister and smells like vanilla...

I guess you never know these days, though.. lol

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MARRIED: 10/10/10
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04/09/13: NOA1

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JlovesA   109

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Just wanted to also say good luck! I live in Sarnia so if you need directions to anything (like Starbucks or Timmy's, haha) let me know!

Met: December 2009

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frenzyheart   2

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Just wanted to also say good luck! I live in Sarnia so if you need directions to anything (like Starbucks or Timmy's, haha) let me know!

Nah, we don't. We're only in Sarnia long enough to cross. It's where we usually cross at anyways, haha.

The good news is though: We're leaving TWO days earlier! YAAAAY!!!! :D So instead of Thursday, we leave Tuesday. I can't begin to explain how excited I am. I miss home. :( A LOT!!!

- Tiffanney & Matthew -

K1 VISA: 09/11/09 - 08/10/10

MARRIED: 10/10/10
AOS/EAD/AP: 02/22/11 - 05/04/11

ROC
04/04/13: Mailed off!

04/09/13: NOA1

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