20 17 what should I pay attention to when entering and leaving Canada?

To study in Canada, entry and exit procedures are essential. For students studying in Canada for the first time, there are many things to know. So what are the important precautions for entering and leaving Canada? Come and have a look! Welcome to reading.

What are the precautions for entering and leaving Canada?

I. About personal tax exemption quota

When residents return to Canada from other places, everyone has a duty-free quota, allowing them to carry goods with no more than the specified value without tax. Even infants and young children enjoy personal tax exemption. As long as the articles are for their own use, parents or guardians can declare the articles for their children.

The personal tax exemption amount is:

-Less than 24 hours from Canada: no personal allowance, no alcohol and tobacco.

-More than 24 hours but not more than 48 hours: tax allowance 200 yuan, tobacco and alcohol can not be brought in; Such as excess, customs duties and government taxes on the full value of goods; People and goods cannot be separated when entering the country.

-48 hours or more and 7 days or less: 800 yuan tax allowance, which may include alcohol and tobacco (note that the legal age of alcohol and tobacco in BC Province is19); People and goods cannot be separated when entering the country; If it exceeds the part, customs duties and government taxes will only be levied on the excess part.

Obviously, the above three situations are only for the reference of people who go shopping in the United States. Of course, those who return to China for the New Year will not stay for a week.

-Leaving Canada for more than 7 days: 800 yuan, which can include tobacco and alcohol. Goods can be carried with you, or by express delivery, mail, etc. (tobacco and alcohol can only be carried with you).

II. Duty-free quota for tobacco and alcohol

-Alcohol:/kloc-People over 0/9 can carry one of the following three kinds of alcohol. The tax exemption limits are as follows:

Wine: 1.5 liter, that is, two bottles of 750ml wine.

Alcoholic beverage (alcohol content exceeds 0.5%): 1. 14 liter, which is the capacity of a large standard wine bottle.

Beer or malt liquor: 8.5 liters, that is, 24 tins or 24 355 ml vials.

For wines, alcoholic beverages or beer/malt liquors exceeding the above quantity, customs duties and government taxes shall be paid for the excess.

-Tobacco:/kloc-More than 0/9 people can carry all the following tobacco products. The tax exemption limit is

Cigarettes: 200

Cigar: 50 pounds

The excess is subject to customs duties, government taxes and provincial fees.

Three. About restricted/prohibited items

Canada restricts or prohibits certain items from entering the customs. In order to avoid being punished, such as confiscation of goods, heavy punishment or even prosecution, please be sure to know what can't be brought into Canada from other places.

The following items are restricted or prohibited:

1. Guns and weapons: Of course, you must declare to CBSA as soon as you enter Canada. The rest is omitted.

2. Food, plants, animals and related products. All food, plants, animals and related items must be declared one by one. If you don't declare, besides the goods may be confiscated by CBSA, you may also face fines or even be prosecuted. Plants, such as fruits, vegetables, potted plants, and even soil and soil analogues carried by plants are restricted and prohibited, and must be confiscated, destroyed or disposed of by DBSA. Such articles are restricted or prohibited because they may carry exotic biological pests and microorganisms that cause human diseases. For example, food may carry diseases caused by Escherichia coli, plants and plant products may carry exotic invasive species such as Asian longicorn beetles, and animals and animal products may carry diseases such as avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease. This will endanger the health of Canadians, animals and plants.

3. Explosives, fireworks and ammunition: Needless to say, you need the written authorization and permission of the "relevant department".

4. Vehicles: including cars, pickup trucks, snowmobiles, RV and other vehicles, as long as they are used for non-commercial purposes. There are many regulations on the import of vehicles.

5. Consumer goods: Some consumer goods may endanger the public (such as baby walker and acacia beans commonly found in works of art and beadwork), so they are prohibited. Canadian residents should be aware that Canada has safety requirements for consumer goods, and many safety requirements are stricter than other countries.

Four. Cash and notes

If you carry more than 65,438+00,000 Canadian dollars (or equivalent foreign currency) in cash or financial bills, you must declare to CBSA whether you have arrived or left Canada. Otherwise, if it is seized, the money may be confiscated and there will be a fine. Financial instruments include stocks, bonds, bank drafts, checks and traveler's checks. Note that the cash and financial bills mentioned here are the same whether they are on you, in your luggage or in the car.

When you arrive in Canada, you need to write it down on the CBSA declaration card or declare it orally to the border service personnel.

When you leave Canada by plane, you must declare to CBSA before passing the airport security check. If you leave Canada by land or water, you must report your intention to leave Canada with this money to the CBSA office.

5. Give gifts to relatives and friends in China outside Canada.

Outside Canada, under certain conditions, you can send tax-free gifts to relatives and friends in Canada. To get tax exemption, the value of each gift cannot exceed 60 Canadian dollars, and it cannot be tobacco products, alcoholic beverages or advertising products. If the value of the gift exceeds 60 Canadian dollars, the recipient will have to pay normal customs duties and government taxes for the excess. If you want to send a gift in this way, don't forget to put a gift card in the package to avoid misunderstanding.

Sending gifts from outside Canada to Canada does not take up your personal allowance, but the gifts you bring back in your personal luggage do.

Six, valuables

For example, if you bring a laptop made in Japan back to Canada, but you can't prove that you owned it before you left Canada, you may have to pay customs duties and government taxes for it. Therefore, valuables must be accompanied by invoices, receipts, insurance policies and jewelry appraisal certificates to prove that the items were not purchased overseas.

CBSA has free valuables identification and registration service. Before you leave Canada, you can ask CBSA personnel to register the items with serial numbers or other special marks, so that when you return to Canada, you can provide a registration card and the items can enter the country duty-free without worrying. However, CBSA does not provide registration service for jewelry and watches, and such items still need tickets such as small tickets and identification certificates to prove that they were not purchased overseas.

Some facts to know:

1. In the arrival hall of the airport, there is a "contraband handling box". If you carry contraband that is not allowed to enter the country, you must discard it decisively to avoid future troubles. If there are prohibited items in the checked baggage, you must also take the initiative to contact CBSA officials in the baggage claim area to declare.

2. Using the automatic customs clearance service machine to enter the country will not escape the inspection of CBSA. CBSA officials, professional drug detection dogs and drug detection dogs are on standby at the "second checkpoint".

3.CBSA officials can mark and explain in Chinese. They will look at the ingredients in the packages and instructions of some foods, medicines and supplements to judge whether they contain prohibited ingredients.

4. Deliberately bringing contraband into the customs, or carrying a large number of contraband, the identity information of passengers will enter a database equivalent to a "blacklist" and will be specially handled by CBSA every time. Therefore, if you accidentally carry or are not sure whether the items you carry are prohibited, you should take the initiative to confess to CBSA officials.

5. Although CBSA will not impose fines, according to the situation, people who carry contraband will still be fined, and sometimes there will be case reports in newspapers. For more serious or the victim does not actively cooperate with smuggling contraband and attempting to evade taxes, CBSA imposes a considerable fine. Of course, more items involved were confiscated.

6. According to historical experience, the three types of prohibited items most commonly found by China people are animal and plant products (such as raw and cooked meat, fruits and Chinese herbal medicines). ), cash and jewelry.