Trip to Mexico....any other experiences?

[HAMMERS]

What was end result -did u get to go and how did you return to Canada?

 

[scylla]

What was end result -did u get to go and how did you return to Canada?

Read through the full thread. OP changed their plans and flew to the US on the way home and then re-entered Canada through a land border.

 

[HAMMERS]

Read through the full thread. OP changed their plans and flew to the US on the way home and then re-entered Canada through a land border.

yes changed plans - but I asking did it work

 

[scylla]

yes changed plans - but I asking did it work

It would definitely work. It's very easy to re-enter Canada through the US / Canada land border using your COPR (or an expired PR card). Tons of people here have done that. Just make sure you are using a private vehicle. You also obviously need to be authorized to enter the US either by having the right visa or being a US citizen / green card holder.

 

[FJOBrien]

Hello!
Yes it did work. We flew from Cancun to LAX, then to Seattle, and drove a rental to Vancouver. Cost a bit...lol. LAX did not check the VISA we had for my wife. In fact, the customs officer laughed when we offered it. I forget what it is called...we did it online.

The Canadian Customs officer did not even check our passports on our drive through. We joked, laughed, and I showed him our vaccine passports. He did not ask if we were Canadian, or anything. Took about 25 seconds. Felt like it did when I was a kid driving over the border with nothing but a drivers license.
A week after getting home, my wife's PR Card showed up.

 

[FJOBrien]

It would definitely work. It's very easy to re-enter Canada through the US / Canada land border using your COPR (or an expired PR card). Tons of people here have done that. Just make sure you are using a private vehicle. You also obviously need to be authorized to enter the US either by having the right visa or being a US citizen / green card holder.

As I said in my post just now, we offered a visa the customs guy at LAX laughed at us. The airport was way more concerned about contraband it seemed.

 

[scylla]

As I said in my post just now, we offered a visa the customs guy at LAX laughed at us. The airport was way more concerned about contraband it seemed.

Yes, but you need the visa to board the plane and fly to the US. Without a US visa, you can't get on the airplane.

 

[FJOBrien]

Well, from Cancun to LAX. my wife showed her UK passport. Thats it. They did not even ask for anything else.

 

[scylla]

Well, from Cancun to LAX. my wife showed her UK passport. Thats it.

They would have swiped her passport to make sure she had a valid ESTA to enter the US.

 

[FJOBrien]

They would have swiped her passport to make sure she had a valid ESTA to enter the US.

Perhaps.

 

[scylla]

Perhaps.

Not perhaps - definitely. Either then or this was captured when you checked in before the flight. Airlines are obligated to make sure individuals flying have the required visas to enter a country and face high fines if they allow people to fly who don't. It's built into their computer systems and is all automated. They link to the ESTA database and do the check automatically based on the passport #. That's why the immigration officer in the US didn't need to see her visa. He knew that check had already been automatically performed by the airline as a condition of boarding. Without a valid ESTA, she would have been denied boarding in Mexico.

 

[FJOBrien]

Not perhaps - definitely. Either then or this was captured when you checked in before the flight. Airlines are obligated to make sure individuals flying have the required visas to enter a country and face high fines if they allow people to fly who don't. It's built into their computer systems and is all automated. They link to the ESTA database and do the check automatically based on the passport #. That's why the immigration officer in the US didn't need to see her visa. He knew that check had already been automatically performed by the airline as a condition of boarding. Without a valid ESTA, she would have been denied boarding in Mexico.

OK....Ill take your word for it. Not too concerned now anyways.

 

[HAMMERS]

Thx so much.

so u can come back via rental or does it have to be my own vehicle ?

 

[scylla]

Thx so much.

so u can come back via rental or does it have to be my own vehicle ?

Rental is fine. Some people will also take a taxi or uber to the border and walk across.

 

[FJOBrien]

Thx so much.

so u can come back via rental or does it have to be my own vehicle ?

We rented. It was a bit more renting from Seattle to Vancouver, BC.
We have a friend that recently was in Mexico in the exact same position (mar of this year, expired PR card). Had no issues whatsoever boarding flight (west Jet). So, who to believe? It seems the message boards online are the most stringent! LOL