flagpole

Etymology

flag + pole

noun

1. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

verb

1. (Canada, rare) To exit a country momentarily and reenter, usually in order to satisfy immigration requirements.
   I understand immigrating to Canada is getting harder and harder. [The difficulty of navigating bureaucracy] might be a way to let people fall between the cracks. I really don't know. The hoops immigrants have to go through, such as flagpoling. And I don't have any political representatives. I didn't vote. 2016, Beyhan Farhadi, “Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity”, in Jay Pitter, John Lorinc, editors, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity