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Originally Posted by k00laid

Ok just came back from my nexus meeting. US customs was awesome, really nice. CBSA was a FUCKING pain in the ass, super power tripping. I dont even know if it was cuz she was a woman, asian too (honestly in my experiences i find women agents gotta powertrip more to show that they can do the job just as well or something).

First off, she gave me mega shit because I didnt have my citizenship card but I had my birth cert. I brought her my 1) Canadian Passport 2) BC DL 3) HK Passport 4) HK ID 5) Care Card 6) Birth Cert

ALL of my ids have the same name on them, such as written on my passport is "John Smith", my ICBC BC DL is written as "Smith, James John. My care card is "John James Smith" and my HK passport and ID card and Birth cert is "John James Smith".

Because my BC DL is written as "Smith, James John" and my passport is "John Smith" and my Hk ids and birth cert is "John James Smith" she said that it was not valid and I need to bring my Canadian citizen card.

She said that "how do I know these are the same people?" How do I know youre not frauding the system?" "How can you be a trusted traveller with all these different names? None of these names are consistent, they could all be different people"

I said "Well these are all government issued documents. So how am I suppose to know they are not sufficient when they are the ones who issued them to me? How would I have gotten my passport where it says "John Smith on it if they didnt verify if thats what it says on canadian citizenship first?"

She said "How the hell am I suppose to know? I dont work for them, this isnt a passport office. Come back when you change all your documents to be consistent with your REAL name.

I said but I have my birth cert and thats what it says on it "John" is my first name and "James" is my middle and "Smith" is my last.

She said "I dont care what it says on there. I need to verify with your Canadian citizenship card since you were not born here, the citizenship card is the first thing the Canadian government gives you, so its the first thing we will look at before anything else."

Im like wtf, so now I have a month to change my canadian government documents so they all match up or something. What a fucking bitch

KEY NOTES ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING
1) CANADIAN PASSPORT
2) ANY OTHER COUNTRY PASSPORT THAT YOU MAY BE HOLDING
3) BC DRIVER LICENSE
4) BIRTH CERTIFICATE
5) CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP CARD
6) ANY OTHER COUNTRY ID YOU MAY BE HOLDING
7) CARE CARD
8) MARRIAGE LICENSE (IF APPLICABLE)

Hopefully this helps so noone else has to go back again.

interview on monday. a little nervous after reading this =\