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Anonymous
I am a Canadian who may be travelling by bus next summer to visit a friend in the States.

What is different about crossing the border in a bus? Will it be adequate for me to have my Visa, passport, and BC Drivers' License?
>> Anonymous
shit your gonna go right through my town
>> Anonymous
Why would you have a visa
>> Anonymous
Hardmode: swimming
>> Anonymous
keep an eye out for hungry looking guys on the bus
>> Anonymous
Two years ago I rode the Amtrak "motor coach" (actually a bus) from Vancouver BC to Seattle. We had to stop at a customs station near the border, run our bags through an x-ray just like at an airport, answer a few questions, and make some kind of sworn statement before we were allowed back on the bus. A bunch of us accidentally walked out the wrong door and got to skip the swearing-in process. A few customs agents half-heartedly tried to stop us, but they were too busy and didn't really give a shit. Once we were safely on our way again, the driver joked that some of us were technically still in Canada.

Might be different now, with border security getting more and more paranoid all the time.
>> Anonymous
Protip: Take a train.
>> Anonymous
>>73133
this

canadians have been know to eat people at times
>> Anonymous
>>73152

Seconded. I take the amtrak cascades all the time, it's a nice ride, and the customs is a breeze, pretty much like an airport, but more laid back. On that route the train stops in Blaine, WA and the customs guys get on to collect your declaration cards and ask some questions, but its pretty cool as you'll be seated on the train with beer in hand.

The bus fucking sucks ass. You will be treating like the scum of the earth by customs, get unloaded and grilled at the border crossing, which can sometimes be quick, sometimes take hours.
>> Anonymous
>>73143here.

>>73152>>73330
Yes, I am butthurt because I had a train ticket but there was something wrong with the train so they put us on the "motor coach" instead. It was far superior to Greyhound, but it was still a bus and we were still treated like bus passengers, instead of getting your VIP train passenger treatment.

>>73131
Having a US visa on your passport can't hurt unless (a) you decide to travel to the arab world and (b) arab countries in the near future may start blocking passports with US visas like some currently do to passports with israeli visas.
>> Anonymous
i think we (americans and canadians) all need our passports, or at least a birth certificate and identification to cross teh border now. it usually wasn't the case, but now you do i guess.
>> Anonymous
In Washington State (If a resident) you can get an Enhanced Driver's License instead of a passport, there might be a similar form of ID you can get. And what you listed as having "Visa, Passport, and Drives' License" is all you'll need to get in the US, enjoy Washington while you in it, a very beautiful State.