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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #600 on: June 04, 2021, 11:22:24 AM »
Anybody have any tips to enter Canada as a US citizen? I want to do a duty free run :)

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #601 on: June 08, 2021, 10:52:34 AM »
The press is full with reports that Canada is preparing to open its border to vaccinated travelers.  Perhaps this will be announced on or before the current restrictions are set to expire on June 22. 

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-set-to-relax-quarantine-rules-for-vaccinated-travellers-1.1613912



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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #602 on: June 08, 2021, 12:09:29 PM »
Can a Canadian citizen still enter Canada with their American spouse and young American children?

+1, status of this, and what are the restrictions/regulations? (AFAF)
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #605 on: June 09, 2021, 04:03:03 PM »
What a joke.

It's far better than the present situation with a 14 day quarantine and having to fly to BUF.

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #606 on: June 09, 2021, 04:25:25 PM »
It's far better than the present situation with a 14 day quarantine and having to fly to BUF.
Spoken like someone experiencing Stockholm syndrome. #Canadastan
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #607 on: June 09, 2021, 05:02:22 PM »
Spoken like someone experiencing Stockholm syndrome. #Canadastan

Hardly.  It's simply an improvement from the past 15 months.  Does anyone know why, to this day, the CDC requires a COVID test for fully vaccinated persons to enter the US?

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #608 on: June 09, 2021, 05:04:17 PM »
Hardly.  It's simply an improvement from the past 15 months.  Does anyone know why, to this day, the CDC requires a COVID test for fully vaccinated persons to enter the US?

You realize that at this point, it’s pretty much common knowledge that almost anything and everything the CDC has done has been absolute and complete horsesh*t?

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #609 on: June 09, 2021, 05:54:58 PM »
Does anyone know why, to this day, the CDC requires a COVID test for fully vaccinated persons to enter the US?
That is an easy one. Because Trump didn't.
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #610 on: June 09, 2021, 08:07:12 PM »
That is an easy one. Because Trump didn't.

So while hundreds of thousands of people die “on Biden’s watch”, he’ll point at what Trump didn’t do. Nice.
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #611 on: June 09, 2021, 10:38:33 PM »
So while hundreds of thousands of people die “on Biden’s watch”, he’ll point at what Trump didn’t do. Nice.
Why would you expect anything different?
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #612 on: June 10, 2021, 10:15:36 AM »
That is an easy one. Because Trump didn't.

The negative test requirement for vaccinated people was implemented under the Trump administration.

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #613 on: June 10, 2021, 10:18:50 AM »
The negative test requirement for vaccinated people was implemented under the Trump administration.
yeah it was one of those items done in the last week so he could whatever went through his mind.
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #615 on: June 10, 2021, 11:39:23 AM »
:cry: Only a matter of time that I have to travel for business again :(
Occasional business trip that bad?
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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #616 on: June 16, 2021, 06:25:02 AM »
My Covid test result taken Monday hasn’t arrived and I’m flying to BUF today.   I’m afraid something got messed up at Quest. It’s never taken so long.  There’s a rapid test in the airport but Canada doesn’t accept antigen tests.  What should I do when I get to BUF?

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #617 on: June 16, 2021, 06:34:50 AM »
My Covid test result taken Monday hasn’t arrived and I’m flying to BUF today.   I’m afraid something got messed up at Quest. It’s never taken so long.  There’s a rapid test in the airport but Canada doesn’t accept antigen tests.  What should I do when I get to BUF?
A few ideas:

Is there anywhere else that you can go for a 2nd test with quicker results? Wasn't there a guy in monsey that guarantees a few hours? Not sure where you're located. (Or was that antigen?)

You can fly to BUF in hopes that you get results by the time you're there, and stay overnight in BUF if you don't.

Look for somewhere in BUF that does quick PCRs.

How big are the fines for not providing a test? (Assuming you're a Canadian citizen) If you have an antigen test and a PCR in progress maybe they'll waive/reduce the fine as you can show them you tried?

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #618 on: June 16, 2021, 06:46:29 AM »
I just boarded my flight to ATL then connecting to BUF.  I have my vaccination card but of course Canada doesn’t recognize that contrary to its own expert panel.  I imagine they can’t refuse a citizen entry even without a test. And they test you at the border again.  Can I offer to go to a government facility until the border test comes back?

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Re: Canada closing borders to most travellers who are not citizens
« Reply #619 on: June 16, 2021, 06:55:06 AM »
I just boarded my flight to ATL then connecting to BUF.  I have my vaccination card but of course Canada doesn’t recognize that contrary to its own expert panel.  I imagine they can’t refuse a citizen entry even without a test. And they test you at the border again.  Can I offer to go to a government facility until the border test comes back?
They can fine you for coming without a test
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