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Old July 2nd 04, 02:02 PM
Andrew Sarangan
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Michelle P wrote in
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www.aopa.org.
Everything your need. accurate. I went to Montreal a year ago and
everything went as they said.
Michelle



Although AOPA strives to provide accurate information, this aspect still
has a lot of confusion. For example, the document
http://www.aopa.org/members/files/gu...nadabrief.html says phone
numbers for US customs can be found in the front pages of the AOPA online
airport directory. I looked, but I could not find anything like that in
the front pages of the online directory. In the AOPA customs guide, there
is a link to US customs http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/ports/ to
find out about airports of entry. May be I am stupid, but I can't
understand the listings in that document. The hours of operation of most
places are listed as 8am-4pm Mon-Fri. However, when I called Sandusky
airport, the customs inspector said they are open seven days a week.
There was another pdf document I found on AOPA (can't recall the link)
that had yet a different customs hours listed for each airport. AOPA also
recommends calling both customs and immigration upon enty into the US.
But I have not yet found a number for US immigration. When I phoned
customs at Sandusky, the inspector said there was no need to call
immigration. Confusing? I think so! On the Canadian side, my planned
landing airport is Waterloo (Ontario), which is an airport of entry. The
airport website lists a customs service fee is $250. Ouch! I thought
customs service was free at airports of entry. Is this a misprint?
Therefore, it is not surprising that so many people are confused
(including myself).