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Old 28th Aug 2010, 04:48
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Hartington
 
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Leaving the USA?

I am in Canada at the moment. My journey started when I flew London/Seattle I had completed my ETAS and I was NOT given an I94W and the US immigration didn't ask me for one. I have a stamp in my passport saying I entered the USA and that's all.

My journey took me from Seattle to Juneau to Skagway and then I crossed out of the USA into Canada by land. 4 days later I crossed back by land and my tour manager simply took my passport (along with all the other passports from the tour all of which were US or Canadian) to the US immigration and again, no I94W. I never actually saw the US immigration.

I eventually boarded a cruise in Seward and travelled down the coast stopping in various US cities before terminating in Vancouver. I entered Canada this morning.

To the best of my knowledge I have never left the USA. I asked the cruise line (whose documentation only referred to giving uo the I94W) who spun me a line that the Canadian people would scan my passport and then send the details to the US. That didn't happen and the Canadian immigration officer just laughed when I asked him - he didn't have a computer!

I'm going to have a go at the cruise line, but does any one know what should have happened?
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