Hi everyone,
I'd like to share my experience leaving Canada in the past week.
I was with my Canadian husband all the time.
We left Vancouver towards Calgary and there boarded on a flight to Frankfurt and due to a snowstorm that flight was cancelled which meant, I had to clear customs and go back to Canada.
I went through immigration and the officer did not make any questions - I think he knew everyone there was coming from all the cancelled flights so I entered back in Canada without further questions.
Last Sunday I finally boarded to Frankfurt and landed today at Vancouver airport. No questions. I just had to go through a different line and they asked me what type of plant product I have brought, which I had declared on the card. I replied: tea. And he just stamped my passport and that was it.
The eTA was probably linked with my passport so they did not even run through the pages of my passport.
I must say that, before I left I felt disturbed and worried about being held back at the border. More than ever I had everything in order to come back in comparison with last times on a visitor visa and transit visa. That was it!
Hopefully, next time I will leave and come back as a PR.
Best,
