This is the only page of my British Passport that has anything on it. I went to Canada, and then Thailand later in 2006. Montréal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Thailand's old Bangkok International Airport.
Today this passport looks like this.
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e30m20 82 months ago | reply
Why were you referred to Immigration? I don't know what they're doing in Montreal, but you shouldn't have been admitted for 6 months without a document...
dcgreer 81 months ago | reply
Yeah, I wasn't sure about it either, I had to show them my hotel confirmations, train tickets, airline e-ticket, and pretty much everything I had at customs. After that, she told me to go through immigration and the guy there decided that I should be admitted for five days (V ——————— 30 Mars '06), or until the day that I was returning from Canada. It may have been because I was a solo 18 year old traveler arriving from the US with no US stamps in my passport (It was blank at the time). They kept asking me if I planned to work. They finally let me in when they saw my US passport, but I wouldn't expect this behavior from Canada, seeing as they are one of the most liberal countries on dual citizenship. Anyway, I got a more rare Canada stamp in my passport (and a five day visa!). Of course in Thailand, the immigration official said nothing to me and I was through in about forty seconds.
e30m20 81 months ago | reply
Your British Passport is visa exempt. What you got was an undocumented entry that should have lasted until 24SE2006. If the Immigration Officer decided to limit your stay, he/she should have issued you a document called a Visitor Record. Your admittance/questioning has little to do with your lack of US stamps, rather based on the initial questioning by the Customs Inspector. As a British passport holder, you're considered a Foreign National and your entry has nothing to do with Canada's policy on dual citizenship. Hope that helps for the future.
dcgreer 81 months ago | reply
The thing is, it wasn't until I showed him my US Passport that he actually let me in. As soon as he saw my US Passport, he stamped the British one and let me in. In recent years, Canadian authorities have sometimes helped enforce US policies. They have sometimes helped US authorities (expecially because of the US pre-border screening in Canadian airports) catch Americans going to Cuba and such. At land borders, it is not US authorities that collect foreigners' I-94 forms, but Canadian immigration authorities. I really have no idea why I was suspect.
gLiTTeRb☺i® 76 months ago | reply
How was thailand? :)))
dcgreer 76 months ago | reply
beautiful, though I was only there for a day. My Thai friend took me around and showed me everything in Bangkok and she paid for everything too! I love having friends all over!
gLiTTeRb☺i® 76 months ago | reply
:P