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    Do IOs look into your computer?!

    I'm not trying to hide anything. They can search things, that's fine, but I don't want them logging into my computer like I'm a criminal?! Why do I have to disclose all my detailed personal digital information when I'm not doing anything wrong?!?!
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    Can you stop secondary inspection?

    Thank you. Could you please elaborate? What do you mean by: 1) immigration control, which you might have some control over. 2) Customs which you almost certainly have no control over. immigration control - like I get to say whether I want to seek entry or not? customs - you mean when...
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    Do IOs look into your computer?!

    when that happens, can I ask them to stop? In exchange of me agreeing to not seek entry to Canada then? ??? I wouldn't want them looking into my computer :(
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    Do IOs look into your computer?!

    Just making sure I read this right somewhere... that someone had downloaded something on their computer and they were busted at a port of entry and denied admission?! Does that mean IOs sometimes look into your computer (I guess in secondary inspection)?! ???
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    Can you stop secondary inspection?

    Oh no! I thought I read (probably on this forum) that it was possible..., like, it'd be considered as 'withdrawing seeking entry' or something. I looked but can't find the page now :'(
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    Can you stop secondary inspection?

    So I read horror stories of people getting their bags searched and computer looked into... Sounds like a total privacy infringement! (Probably not, but just sayin... ::) When that happens, can I ask the officer(s) to stop? I'd say a nicer version of "Enough. You don't have to let me enter...
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    prove ties to home country @ entry? how?

    Re: prove ties to home country @ entry? how? At first I thought it'd be totally ok, too, but after I ran into posts on a few forums (of course including this one lol... I don't remember how I first got here), I'm now super worried. (I'm usually always very worried about something...
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    prove ties to home country @ entry? how?

    I'm from a visa-exempt country and want to visit Canada for fun for a month, but I keep reading nightmare stories of 'normal' people getting denied entry at ports of entry for a bunch of unexpected reasons.. and I'm worried :'( At the airport I can provide a bank statement with good amount of...