Living only an hour away from Detroit for 30 out of 32 years of my life, I’ve made a few trips with my friends across the United States-Canadian border several times during those years. The only problem is that authorities detained me about 90 percent of the time. The first time was because I forgot my ID. We just decided to go check out Canada on a whim and I wasn’t driving, so I didn’t have my wallet. The customs officials kept us waiting for about an hour while they “checked out” our story.
A few years later, authorities stopped us for some unknown reason. When they asked if I’d ever been stopped before, I said, “No,” forgetting about the previous incident. That just made me look more suspicious.
I’m bringing these incidents up because I recently read an article that Mercedes-Benz requires you to have a Letter of Admissibility if you want to import one of their vehicles from the United States to Canada. But it’s not every MB model that falls under this regulation. The automaker provides this list to let you know which vehicles involve the letter requirement.
If you want to take your Mercedes-Benz across the border, fill out this request form and you’ll get an actual letter in the mail to show to the border agents. Just don’t do what I did and forget your ID. In today’s post-9/11 world, you might not make it back to the United States any time soon.
