Subj : us border searches data
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Aug 28 2025 08:45:32

RM> One year I was asked about finances when I said I was
RM> going down for several weeks, so I showed them that I had
RM> access to many thousands of dollars should I need it, and
RM> then that almost got me denied access for having too much
RM> money available which could be used for doing any number
RM> of illegal things I suppose..

AA>Maybe that was limited to a Canada->USA thing?   But from
  >USA->CANADA, you can carry up to $10,000 cash - as long as you
  >declare it - and you can enter.

AA>I'm surprised that the USA guards had an issue with you
  >accessing "too much money" online!

Yes, it was a little odd. Probably I got carried away and showed
access to quite a bit more than that, but since I didn't have it
with me it probably shouldn't have mattered.

If I remember right, it was a young lady that had a problem
with it and she called a supervisor over, and he just sort of
asked her, 'Well, what do you want to do about it?', as in did
she want to block me from crossing the border or not.
After a hesitation, she looked at him and said it would probably
be okay to let me pass..

I figured at the time that she was very new to the job and this
was some sort of teaching moment. I don't know for certain if
the supervisor would have gone along with it if she'd chosen to
stop me. They have to be a little careful of being unfair to
Canadians since we bring so much money into the USA as tourists
or 'Snowbirds'..

It was always a bit of a challenge back then going over for
the winter since I was far too young to be retired. (32 or 33)
I usually lied and said it was just a vacation for a few weeks,
and then I'd stay for 4 or 5 months the few times I did that.
I think just 3 times, and then I started spending winters here
in my cottage snowshoeing a mile out for mail and chopping holes
in the ice for water..

I found it boring down there in winter. It was actually cheaper
for me to go there than to pay the heating bills here..  B)

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