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Jilly_in_VA

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6. I should have gone to Canada in 1968

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:32 AM

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I thought about it a lot at the time but I really had no way of getting there and I was scared to go somewhere with no means of supporting myself. Besides which, I'd grown up in Wisconsin and I was getting tired of cold weather. REALLY tired. (Five years later I moved to Tennessee, which at that time, may I remind you, was a BLUE state.)

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Can an American seek asylum in Canada if/when things go sideways? [View all] RandySF Friday OP

You can read about it online. WhiskeyGrinder Friday #1

I checked into the cost of a permanent residence and figured the bond and paperwork would be around 20K so you don't yaesu Friday #2

Any one can present themselves at a port of entry to request asylum in Canada. Jacson6 Friday #3

They won't take me Jilly_in_VA Friday #4

There's always Costa Rica . They'll take you if you have Social Security. sinkingfeeling Friday #5

I should have gone to Canada in 1968 Jilly_in_VA Saturday #6

Even if they did, I wouldn't go. My boys won't leave, so I'm here with them until the end. mucholderthandirt Saturday #7