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Has anyone attempted U-haul crossing at the border since closure?

raptora

raptora

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Oct 22, 2018
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Hi all,

When I landed via flight a couple weeks ago, the immigration agent handling my landing told me I should be fine driving a Uhaul with my belongings up through the border, as I am now a PR and they will not turn me away (plus my wife is a Canadian citizen).

Has anyone attempted driving a U-haul through since the border closure? My concern is that the U-haul itself might be turned away as "non essential," but from everything I've read, moving falls under that category and we should be okay but emailing CBSA resulted in a copy-pasted email that kept it vague.
 
raptora said:
Yes, we crossed the border on May 11. We had no problems, it was very smooth.
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Hey, I'm planning on moving to Windsor in a month.
What did you do with your stuff during the 14-day quarantine?

I want to store my belongings in a U-haul storage unit for a few months and self-isolate at an Airbnb, but I don't know if that's allowed since Uhaul facility is a public place.
 
dry.00 said:
Hey, I'm planning on moving to Windsor in a month.
What did you do with your stuff during the 14-day quarantine?

I want to store my belongings in a U-haul storage unit for a few months and self-isolate at an Airbnb, but I don't know if that's allowed since Uhaul facility is a public place.
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Someone on another thread said a CBSA officer told them they couldn't even return the U-Haul once they unload at their destination, they needed to arrange for someone to do it for them.
 
dry.00 said:
Hey, I'm planning on moving to Windsor in a month.
What did you do with your stuff during the 14-day quarantine?

I want to store my belongings in a U-haul storage unit for a few months and self-isolate at an Airbnb, but I don't know if that's allowed since Uhaul facility is a public place.
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Sorry for the late response - I already had an apartment rented in Canada, and ready to move into (stocked with nonperishable/frozen foods, house supplies, etc). As for the U-haul, CBSA actually didn't say anything about that other than to look over our goods list.
 
raptora said:
Sorry for the late response - I already had an apartment rented in Canada, and ready to move into (stocked with nonperishable/frozen foods, house supplies, etc). As for the U-haul, CBSA actually didn't say anything about that other than to look over our goods list.
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HI,

Did they look at each and every small thing in the truck and compare it with your goods to follow list?
I have not declared things like Kitchen utensils and other small inexpensive items here and there that pile up in a normal family.
Have declared big items like laptops, car, Jewelry etc.

Appreciate your response much
 
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