USING THE ADVANCE PAROLE TO TRAVEL BY CAR FROM CANADA TO UNITED STATES

[frostiana 12]

Can some describe what happens at the border when you return with this Advance Parole Document? I believe you definitely go to Secondary, but what all happens there? Do you ever get admitted without having to go to secondary?

Thanks for any input,

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Can some describe what happens at the border when you return with this Advance Parole Document? I believe you definitely go to Secondary, but what all happens there? Do you ever get admitted without having to go to secondary?

Thanks for any input,

Nothing much happens, they take your AP documents and enter them into their system -validating is a legit document- and wave you into the luggage pickup area. My guess is that it is just procedural, meaning, a duty of secondary inspection not of primary, hence you would always have to go to secondary (now, I don't know if this is the case on a second or third entry; but I'd think that by the time you are in a second entry, you already have a GC). It might take a bit longer depending how many other people is in secondary.

Edited February 4, 2012 by Gosia & Tito

[Inky 1,111]

Nothing much happens, they take your AP documents and enter them into their system -validating is a legit document- and wave you into the luggage pickup area. My guess is that it is just procedural, meaning, a duty of secondary inspection not of primary, hence you would always have to go to secondary (now, I don't know if this is the case on a second or third entry; but I'd think that by the time you are in a second entry, you already have a GC). It might take a bit longer depending how many other people is in secondary.

No luggage pick ups at a car crossing lol..

[Gosia & Tito 199]

No luggage pick ups at a car crossing lol..

Well... depends on what you are carrying and/or declaring. I have had luggage checkup (had declared a firearm) once when coming back and had to pick it up on a separate 'station' in a separate building. Most times -you are correct- there is no check.

As well, crossing into Canada with a green card (not a Canadian citizen) prompted the Canadian custom to ask us to go into the office to checkup passports and green card (and in fact no visa was actually needed). Nothing special, just procedure I guess.

[frostiana 12]

Well... depends on what you are carrying and/or declaring. I have had luggage checkup (had declared a firearm) once when coming back and had to pick it up on a separate 'station' in a separate building. Most times -you are correct- there is no check.

As well, crossing into Canada with a green card (not a Canadian citizen) prompted the Canadian custom to ask us to go into the office to checkup passports and green card (and in fact no visa was actually needed). Nothing special, just procedure I guess.

Thanks for your answer.... sounds like your circumstances were a little out of the ordinary. I just would be going over the windsor'detroit bridge to visit my mom in a nearby town, no firearms or anything, then returning to my new residence in michigan, with my advance parole. somehow though I imagine it will be complicated. If anyone else has a story I'd be glad to hear it. Thank you again. :star:

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Thanks for your answer.... sounds like your circumstances were a little out of the ordinary. I just would be going over the windsor'detroit bridge to visit my mom in a nearby town, no firearms or anything, then returning to my new residence in michigan, with my advance parole. somehow though I imagine it will be complicated. If anyone else has a story I'd be glad to hear it. Thank you again. :star:

No prob. This was on a trip coming down from Calgary and into Montana, probably not as "normal" as a Vancouver-Seattle or East of Michigan