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Old 04-30-2007, 10:38 AM  
StuartD
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So I got turned back at the border...

Apparently having "web developer" as a job is considered "suspicious" when entering the US, because they've caught on that I can do my job anywhere.

Since I couldn't "prove" that I was going to relax, rather than work... they denied me entry.

I said "I can work in Florida, I can work at home.... I can relax under the hot sun on the beach in Florida, I can't at home... now why would you go thinking that I want to go there to work??"

They said that since I could go online and work there, that they're not letting me in. After 2 hours of background checks and finger printing and stuff, they realized that I've got a squeaky clean life... and started being WAY nicer to me, in that they'd say "I'm really sorry, but we can't let you in".

So I turn back, go to Canada's customs and she says "They denied you? How come?" and I said "Apparently they think I'm going down there to start a 1 week career"

Despite her best efforts to contain it, she let out a laugh, handed me my ID and let me go.
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