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09-17-2009, 07:50 PM
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#1 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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| no more customs check at the airport for canadians?
somone just came in said canadians can just swipe their passport and go, like some self checkout counter... when did this happen?
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09-17-2009, 07:54 PM
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#2 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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They're lying.
If they are coming into the country/coming back, they are asked a bunch of questions and then afterwards, they get a slip, the slip either means free to go or get searched.
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09-17-2009, 07:56 PM
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#3 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Yeah where do you think you are hong kong???
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09-17-2009, 08:05 PM
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#4 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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there is such thing as this self checkout counter
but i dont think its ready yet, YVR did spend a bunch of our money on these things for traffic when the olympics roll around
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09-17-2009, 08:57 PM
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#5 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by darthchilli  there is such thing as this self checkout counter
but i dont think its ready yet, YVR did spend a bunch of our money on these things for traffic when the olympics roll around | Well there is.. its called Nexus... You gotta pay for that and they do a ton of security checks before you can get it.
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09-17-2009, 08:57 PM
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#6 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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and with Nexus they will do random checks..
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09-17-2009, 09:09 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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came back last friday from korea/japan, it was the same as last year nothing changed...
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09-17-2009, 09:42 PM
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#8 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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lol what?
this post makes no sense..
otherwise drugs would be all over the place my friend..
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09-17-2009, 09:46 PM
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#9 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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I've read that some US airports are and have been trying a "fast track" system where US residents can swipe their passport but before they can do this they have to go in for an interview and get an extensive background check.
In this day in age where you're basically naked when you go through security, I doubt it’ll be much of a benefit when all things are said and done because I’m sure most people will get stopped for a secondary check using this type of system.
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09-17-2009, 10:20 PM
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#10 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by ImportPsycho somone just came in said canadians can just swipe their passport and go, like some self checkout counter... when did this happen?
wow | If you're talking about coming in to Canada, the CBSA has set up an electronic counter which is similar to a checkout counter for flights. I used it, and it's not significantly faster....though you don't really have to talk to a CBSA agent for such a long time.
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09-17-2009, 10:44 PM
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#11 | | The Lone Wanderator
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When I came back from Korea, I was asked if I wanted to try the new automated system.
It scans your passport and your customs declaration. It prints a number code saying 'search' 'clarify' or 'pass' and then you go through.
I went through customs in about 2 minutes. My flight landed 15 minutes early and I was out of customs and into the waiting area 5 minutes before my flight was supposed to land.
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09-17-2009, 10:50 PM
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#12 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by penner2k and with Nexus they will do random checks.. | my parents got nexus. dad goes to states to play golf all the time. he knows very little english so the people at nexus didnt bother asking him any complicated questions and just approved him for one. he said it was so fast to go to states, just show them the card and youre through.
my mom on the other hand knows english and she said that 3 different interviewees asked her a myriad of questions...some just rediculous...
"whats your occupation?"
"housewife"
"so you dont work?"
"no i stay at home"
"what do you do at home all day?"
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09-17-2009, 10:51 PM
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#13 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by Graeme S When I came back from Korea, I was asked if I wanted to try the new automated system.
It scans your passport and your customs declaration. It prints a number code saying 'search' 'clarify' or 'pass' and then you go through.
I went through customs in about 2 minutes. My flight landed 15 minutes early and I was out of customs and into the waiting area 5 minutes before my flight was supposed to land. | wait hold the phone........how does a machine decide if you need to be searched o.o?
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09-17-2009, 11:12 PM
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#14 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by Graeme S When I came back from Korea, I was asked if I wanted to try the new automated system.
It scans your passport and your customs declaration. It prints a number code saying 'search' 'clarify' or 'pass' and then you go through.
I went through customs in about 2 minutes. My flight landed 15 minutes early and I was out of customs and into the waiting area 5 minutes before my flight was supposed to land. | bingo. same for me when i got back from japan about a month ago. scanned passport and customs declaration sheet into the automated machine and i was done in 5 minutes and surpassed the huge lineup for the regular customs.
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09-18-2009, 12:10 AM
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#15 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by danizer wait hold the phone........how does a machine decide if you need to be searched o.o? | I'm guessing it will be a random assignment, like every 30th person or something, or perhaps there will be a controller sitting somewhere staring at you from a hidden camera
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09-18-2009, 12:21 AM
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#16 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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I went through the automated machines in august. Its much faster and it basically just replaces the customs officer. You just have to insert your declaration card, swipe your passport and answer some questions. Then the machine spits back out your declaration card with a stamp on it, like how the customs person usually writes stuff on the back. There's also a guy that checks your card and he might ask you a question pertaining to your card and then after that you're through.
Really, very fast and convenient. There was basically no line up for these machines, so it was just swipe, press a couple of buttons and you're off!
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09-18-2009, 03:19 AM
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#17 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Its no better than Mexico, lol. Randomly generated inspections.
as you arrive to stay in Mexico, after getting your luggage, you pass through some sorta customs. you press a button, and Randomly it will flash Red or Green. Green Means GO, Red means open every piece of luggage and get the bilingual hassle/search senor.
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09-18-2009, 08:44 AM
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#18 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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no way if they dont do it anymore then customs wouldnt even exist
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09-18-2009, 09:10 AM
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#19 | | In RS I Trust
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The machine kinda sounds like the button u have to push when you arrive in mexico. What is the point of that anyways?
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09-18-2009, 09:49 AM
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#20 | | Orgasm Donor & Alatar owned my ass twice!
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At the moment, I think it's only fast because a lot of people don't want to use it so they hop into the regular line up. Once more people are willing to use it and they start to reallocate officers to other duties, it probably won't be any faster.
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09-18-2009, 10:20 AM
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#21 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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09-18-2009, 03:16 PM
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#22 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by penner2k and with Nexus they will do random checks.. | With the Nexus pass, you have a even higher percentage of being searched by customs.
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09-19-2009, 12:20 AM
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#23 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by donot521 With the Nexus pass, you have a even higher percentage of being searched by customs. | sigh...what happened to honor system  ?  | |
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09-19-2009, 09:43 AM
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#24 | | Media Officer / MOD
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^ honor system doesn't work
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