> My situation isn't related to a vehicle. The car was purchased and
> plated in Canada...no question of importation. He didn't ask to see
> any paperwork beyond my passport & didn't examine the car in any way.
> I
> was just wondering what type of information the guard entered in the
> computer, since this has never happened before.
>
> sgallagher@rogers.com wrote:
> > >
> > > He was probably trying to figure out if the car was properly
> > > imported/exported.
> > Although the poster never made any mention as to whether the car was
> > brought from the US into Canada originally. It's not impossible,
> > though.
> > >
> > > He may not be able to keep you out, but he can sure refuse the
> > > vehicle
> > > if there is anything improper.
> > Technically, my old car which since been sold in Canada was not
> > properly exported, although I attempted to follow the US
> > requirements
> > when I moved with it to Canada. I stopped at the border on the way
> > out
> > of the US to present the title, but the person that was there when I
> > went in, could either not be bothered or didn't know the procedure.
> > He
> > said he didn't have to do anything with US customs if I was taking
> > the
> > car permanently into Canada. Canada has its own requirements, which
> > I
> > did follow (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to register my car
> > in
> > Ontario), and I crossed the border quite a few times with that car
> > afterward. US customs was never concerned about whether my car had
> > been exported properly or even if I had obtained it in Canada or the
> > US. The only evidence that it was originally a US purchased card
> > was
> > that it had a non-metric speedometer, and the US compliancy stickers
> > on
> > the door post, which they never looked at.
US citizen/Canadian citizen driving Ontario plated vehicle into the US
for a visit: no problem.
US citizen/Canadian citizen driving Ontario plated vehicle into the US
to live, or who happens to be making the US their primary residence:
big problem.
If the car was purchased and plated in Canada, he may have been trying
to be sure you lived in Canada like you are supposed to. It's not
uncommon for the Canadian Customs officers to bounce US plated vehicles
driven by Canadian citizens and deny entry to the vehicle, even if they
claim it's just for a visit.
As for the computer, noone knows what he could have been checking.
Maybe he was shopping on Ebay.
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