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   RM> One year I was asked about finances when I said I was   
   RM> going down for several weeks, so I showed them that I had   
   RM> access to many thousands of dollars should I need it, and   
   RM> then that almost got me denied access for having too much   
   RM> money available which could be used for doing any number   
   RM> of illegal things I suppose..   
      
   AA>Maybe that was limited to a Canada->USA thing?   But from   
     >USA->CANADA, you can carry up to $10,000 cash - as long as you   
     >declare it - and you can enter.   
      
   AA>I'm surprised that the USA guards had an issue with you   
     >accessing "too much money" online!   
      
   Yes, it was a little odd. Probably I got carried away and showed   
   access to quite a bit more than that, but since I didn't have it   
   with me it probably shouldn't have mattered.   
      
   If I remember right, it was a young lady that had a problem   
   with it and she called a supervisor over, and he just sort of   
   asked her, 'Well, what do you want to do about it?', as in did   
   she want to block me from crossing the border or not.   
   After a hesitation, she looked at him and said it would probably   
   be okay to let me pass..   
      
   I figured at the time that she was very new to the job and this   
   was some sort of teaching moment. I don't know for certain if   
   the supervisor would have gone along with it if she'd chosen to   
   stop me. They have to be a little careful of being unfair to   
   Canadians since we bring so much money into the USA as tourists   
   or 'Snowbirds'..   
      
   It was always a bit of a challenge back then going over for   
   the winter since I was far too young to be retired. (32 or 33)   
   I usually lied and said it was just a vacation for a few weeks,   
   and then I'd stay for 4 or 5 months the few times I did that.   
   I think just 3 times, and then I started spending winters here   
   in my cottage snowshoeing a mile out for mail and chopping holes   
   in the ice for water..   
      
   I found it boring down there in winter. It was actually cheaper   
   for me to go there than to pay the heating bills here..  B)   
      
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