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[SiamSam]

Every time upon re-entering Canada once I declare I am returning from Thailand I get hit with a flood of questions. Whether the agent is male, female, young or old it is always the same. They just look at me and immediately assume I was up to something illegal or indecent. They notice the number of Thailand stamps in my passport and ask why I go there so often. I answer honestly and tell them to visit friends and/or to visit my girlfriend. That in turn conjures up more questions which I answer well.

In the dozen or so trips made I have only been pulled aside twice for luggage inspection. I had nothing to hide and as a consequence they could not find anything that excited them. One time they opened my camera and found it odd there were no pictures taken. Which in fact was true and totally above board. I brought the camera with me however never took one single photo of anything. This made them suspicious. I suppose if I were in their shoes I would have found that suspicious also, hahaha!

In any event the whole re-entry process is a pain in the ass. Perhaps I am wrong but I suspect the North America customs and immigration procedures are more stringent than else where in the world. Or it simply could be profiling an older man arriving back home with stained pants and a smile on his face.

[Bobcat]

Its just got it written all across your face. That twisted smile   No wonder they pull you up  

[Squid55]

(Bobcat @ May 27 2011,00:54) Its just got it written all across your face. That twisted smile   No wonder they pull you up  

The correct response when stopped is "any chance of a cavity search?". That should lull any suspicions they might have.

[azza33]

Truecrypt all the way for me too....

Always good to have the "clean" pics in another folder ready for viewing on your laptop. Good luck

[TTChang]

Always take some temple /river / street food photos to confirm my LOS activities (for family or authority snoopers)

[guydesavoy]

(f0xxee @ May 26 2011,09:12) Its all about plausible deniability.

Aaah another Rumsfeld fan

[f0xxee]

Im my day we called it barefaced lying, but it sounds better Donald's way.

FYI: thats what they write on the True-Crypt website and I doubt they are big fans of the man who stands 10 hours a day.

[s.harper]

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Wow, never even thought about it.

if u have two different emails download to one,and send too your other account.i have many emails its free storage in my mind.and its not like hotmail is gona dissapear anytime soon.

[Rockheart]

Canada Customs are complete pricks. They are sexist, racist and intolerant.

One of the times i came back from Thailand they stopped me. They never looked in my bags at all, didn't even open a zipper.

Then I showed my trip pictures to this asshole who called me gay, and asked me if I was some kind of shemale. I'm a big guy 6'3" 220lbs?
Maybe he was trying to bring some information out of me, however i am not sure what it was.
In the end they didn't ask me anything that mattered.

If this is their methods of interrogation, it seems a little against what Canada stands for.
I would complain but you will never get anywhere with these corrupt agencies. (Corruption in Canada? Oh ya.)
Maybe power mad would be another word for it.

Now if i get questioned coming back to Canada i state boldly and loudly, I was visiting my TRANSSEXUAL girlfriend in Thailand.
If i get taken for inspection again and they even start that same garbage, I will ask for a lawyer immediately.
They should not be able to treat good Canadians this way.

Another time i was in Detroit doing some shoots for blacktgirls.com.
I did about 10 shoots of different tgirls while there.

I flew back in to Canada through Winnipeg, and I was taken for inspection because i seemed suspicious for some reason.
They said i seemed upset, and i said yes it is midnight and the is 200 people on the plane and only 2 customs agents.
I have a 5 hour drive ahead of me and i was at the end of the line, so I am very frustrated.
Ok then i am taken for search but they only look in my personal bag where they find a piece of paper with phone numbers on it.
Then he says, Who are these people. I said they are friends I was visiting.

I stuck to that story until he took me into the private inspection cells.
Then I said i was doing photoshoots for a website and visiting friends.
So then we go out and look through my computer and he looks through all the thousands of pictures i took.
I tried to show him the Photo ID for each model but he didn't seem to care about that.
So I am not really sure what he cared about. Again there was rude bigoted discussions about my sexuality and tgirls.
I get the impression i am a skumbag deluxe by association in their eyes.

Anyway he went away for half an hour, where I assume they observed me to see what i did.
When he came back he said I was doing nothing wrong, which i already knew.
Then he said he had to check if my laptop was legal in Canada. I'm like WTF, this laptop is 5 years old and on it's last legs.
I couldn't have just bought it. Oh, you could have got it used he says.
They haven't even looked at my other stuff so a used laptop wouldn't even be close to my customs limit.
So another half hour later he comes back and says my laptop is ok and i can go.

What bunch of jerks, they keep me there on purpose just because they are mad I am clean.
If I am clean why do I need to get harassed in this way?
Never go to Winnipeg airport you will regret it.

Then customs in Vancouver starts a television show where they record all this shit, and apparently it is very hard to get out of it.
The government funds this television show.

I've always been treated with respect going into Thailand.