FF: Travel Between UK and Canada -DETAILS

[bboy_mn at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, bboy_mn at y... wrote:

> 
> Reason I ask-
> 
> I have a fan fic that is still very much in the planning stage in
> which Harry and Ron are in the USA illegally. They are at the 
> airport trying to get a airplane ticket back to England, but don't 
> have their passports with them. 
> 
> So, I need a plausable explaination for how they ended up in the USA.
>
> ...edited...
> 
> Can any enlighten me about the travel requirements between Canada and
> England?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> bboy_mn

bboy_mn:

As usual one of my too long posts was too short on details.

Harry and Ron are in their mid-30's, year approx. 2016 or there abouts.

Harry and Ron are rich from their investments in Weasley Enterprise,
which is a collection of businesses that Weasley's have accumulated
over the years. They are all very rich and successful, and have both a
muggle and a magic branch of Weasley Enterprises. Harry is the largest
shareholder due to his original investment of his Tri-Wizards
Tournement winnings.

They travel TO the USA by magical means, that's why they don't have
their passports with them. During a course of events, they lose their
magical method of travel. They do this by choice with the intent of
browsing around, not thinking of the complexity of getting out of the
USA until it's too late. 

They have their credit cards, muggle UK cash in their pockets, their
UK drivers licenses, their many business cards, their wands (which can
be satisfactorly explained to security), and they have business
references in the USA (Chicago distributor); that plus the clothes on
their back, and 13 full bottles of Blenheim's ginger ale (best ginger
ale ever made) plus 3 empty bottles all in a brown paper grocery bag.
They arrive at the airport from the country side of Virginia in a car
they have rented.

Now they have to invent a cover story to tell airport security. The
intent is to convince security to let them travel back to London where
Fred and George will be waiting with their passports.

I'm hoping they can provide sufficient references to convince airport
security that they are not indigent, criminals, or terrorists; just a
couple of rich English blokes who made a mistake. 

Even if they say they lost their passports, they still have to explain
how they got there. So that doesn't solve the problem. 

Establishing their credibility and legitimacy is easy, the hard part
is for Harry and Ron to come up with a fake cover story for how they
got into the USA in the first place. That's where I need the help.
They travel to the USA magically, but they can't tell that to security
and US Imigrations.

The initial magical trip to Virginia on business where they meet a
southern plantation owner and a crazy Texan in a pick-up truck, is
just the prelude to a greater story that can't happen unless Ron and
Harry get on the plane.

I do have one ace-in-the-hole that I can play if I have too. Harry and
Ron know Prince William (long story). I'm sure he would be willing to
make a few phone calls to on their behalf.

Look like free travel between UK and Canada isn't going to work. 

Thank for the help that was given and any more that you can give.

bboy_mn