Official announcement on what doc's needed to travel to US - NF

[Dutch]

With the loonie where it is and causing increased border traffic and also recalling some posts dicussing the issue, I came across an official Government of Canada notice in tonight's paper on the documentation required to travel into the US. Just thought I'd share.

 

"Attention Canadian Citizens Travelling to the US by Land or Water"

 

As of JANUARY 31, 2008, if you travel to the US by land or water, a US law will require you to present:

 

- A government issued photo ID (i.e. driver's license); AND

- A birth certificate or a citizenship card

 

OR

 

- For youth under 16, a birth certificate

 

OR

 

- A valid passport

 

No word on what would be required before January 31, 2008, but I would still use one of the above.

[bigfish1965]

................Goes to download and fill out passport renewal forms....

[OhioFisherman]

LOL, being from Mexico has it`s advantages? Work cheap? we won`t stop you!

[JohnF]

With the loonie where it is and causing increased border traffic and also recalling some posts dicussing the issue, I came across an official Government of Canada notice in tonight's paper on the documentation required to travel into the US. Just thought I'd share.

 

"Attention Canadian Citizens Travelling to the US by Land or Water"

 

As of JANUARY 31, 2008, if you travel to the US by land or water, a US law will require you to present:

 

- A government issued photo ID (i.e. driver's license); AND

- A birth certificate or a citizenship card

 

OR

 

- For youth under 16, a birth certificate

 

OR

 

- A valid passport

 

No word on what would be required before January 31, 2008, but I would still use one of the above.

 

Just heard on the news tonite that the American gov't has said they'll accept the new hitech driver's licenses we're apparently getting with a chip or bar-coding or somesuch gizmo to contain citizenship etc.

 

JF

[danc]

So, Canadians are heading to the US in droves to spend their money and Busch wants to make it more difficult for us to get in? Oh well. I guess we'll have to spend our cash at home then.

[spanky]

they should also accept the nexxus card, i'm positive they do, it's a $50 charge, finger printing, retina scan and a sit down interview with U.S. customs to get it tho...

 

We usually have our birth certificates in hand as we give them our driver lic., very rarely do they wanna see the birth cert....