Hi everyone! I’m new to HS and so far loving it. I was coming from Canada to the US for a sit. I was honest at the border crossing and I got given a really hard time at the crossing between Vancouver and Seattle. I got sent for secondary screening and the guard spent a long time with me and said th…

Agreed! I’ll be pet sitting between Australia and New Zealand for the rest of the year after I finsih here in Dubai. Lots of less stress compared to the states. I don’t know why they must make it that hard, but we got great alternatives :blush:

Thank you Girl! It’s so sad, because there is so many incredible sits there, and so much to explore but I personally will follow that recommendation for now until the situation becomes a bit lighter :smiling_face:

I just started reading this thread today (from the original post in July 2023) …how times have changed in two years :roll_eyes: I’m guessing many sitters from around the world are bypassing the USA now :thinking: I for one am not considering the USA, anywhere else is an opportunity :grinning_face: …

If I was a sitter right now, I would avoid the USA as well. Even though I’m in need of a sitter right now I would only consider nationals. It’s just too risky. Hopefully this will change next year after the midterm elections.

I had been traveling from portugal to Morocco then to Spain . I was flying from madrid to nyc and went through serious interrogation. They didn’t believe i had been to a conference in lisbon, had to show materials from the conference. It was ridiculous. Finally they gave a boarding pass. Afte…

Quick question related to this topic but does not involve sitting. We are US citizens and live in eastern USA. We want to travel to Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2026. We are wondering whether plain old folks like us have had trouble getting back into the US. In other words, we won’t be housesitting or …

If it’s any help, I did dropin visits for a neighbor’s cats in July. They went to the Montreal Jazz festival by car from New York. They are American citizens though both are immigrants and speak with accents. They had no trouble getting through the border on the way home. I haven’t heard or read any…

An American friend went to Montreal a couple of weeks ago. No issues going or returning.

@Crosswords_and_puzzles If you’re a US citizen, not too brown and have no foreign accent, you’d have to have really bad luck to encounter a border agent in a bad enough mood having a bad enough day to hassle you. It’s possible but very very unlikely. Even if you are hassled, keep in mind that C…

CBP cannot stop a US citizen from entering the country, but they can search your electronic devices, make a copy of what is on them, and give you a hard time. If there’s nothing sensitive on them, you have little to worry about. Employees of companies where data security is paramount encourage the…

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