Passports for entry to the USA

[vvega]

Was told last weekend by US border gaurd, while presenting my drivers license and birth cert., that as of Feb. 1st passports will be manditory for entry into the US. I contacted an MP about this and through her investigation she found this to be true. Argue with me about this all you want but be prepared come Feburary 1st to be denied access to the USA without a passport.

[massmachine]

WTF?? I just seen an ad in the paper that drivers license/birth cert. is still ok if driving across the border. Passport only needed if flying into or through the states...

[vvega]

I live in niagara so i'm always crossing the border. good thing i already have a passport.

[Mr Ontario]

Pretty sad when customs don't even know there own job. Yes! a driver lincense is fine...although only the newer security ones...so if you driver lincense comes up that it is going to expire soon...then you will get the new cool looking lincense with all the security features. But hell tell me people are just going to say they lost theres to get a new drivers lincence with those features. Either way mines due next month...what after 8 years lol so I get one :)


WTF?? I just seen an ad in the paper that drivers license/birth cert. is still ok if driving across the border. Passport only needed if flying into or through the states...

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Passport only if flying. Those are the new rules. Of course it's easier at the border if you have a passport but it wasn't part of the new rules.

[deaconfrost]

Taken from the passport Canada website:



Attention Canadian citizens traveling to the United States by land or water
As of January 31, 2008, if you travel to the U.S. by land or water, a U.S. law will require you to present:

a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver's licence;

AND


a birth certificate or a citizenship card;

OR


A valid passport;

OR


A NEXUS or a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) card;

OR


For those 18 and under, a birth certificate.
Canadian citizens flying to or through the U.S. must present a valid Canadian passport.