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Originally Posted by MetaMan
did either of you guys try again? i am bringing my buddy who i will be staying with in DC to the boarder so he can also talk to the agent. these fuckers better not let me cross again it is complete bullshit.
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after my refusal i was able to travel to the us .. but got a yellow flag with instructions that i couldn't go across the border with Broadcast video equipment .. which was taken off a few years later by a really nice custom agent. ( for years I had to ship my gear ahead of me) .. about 4 years ago I got flagged again, this time it was when i was traveling to adult conventions with models .. I get stopped and questioned every time i cross with more then one female with me ... it's happened about half a dozen times since. But never when I'm alone or in a couple.
on the way home (canadian customs) I always get checked out with out exception ( at least 6 times in a row) Last Feb when returning from Jamaica I once more got a very nice agent, she explained to me that I could file a complaint sighting that i m being singled out because of my profession (supposely it says i'm a photographer) ... I did just that. and came back from my last trip without being pulled in. (btw I had a full lighting kit, two cameras and 2 tripods. I guess the complaint worked)