Do I NEED a passport to enter Canada by plane from the USA?

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SteveN

As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, you will require a passport to board any international flight that travels to or from the United States.

Technically, you do not need a passport to enter Canada because we are not the ones requesting this be a mandatory document. But you will need one to re-enter USA as per Homeland Security.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html

In most cases, the airline will ask you for your passport number during booking, or at the counter when you try to pick up the ticket. Even if they did not, you will need it to clear customs.

fenskebl

If you are going to be flying into Canada from the US then you will need an actual passport. If you are going to be crossing on land or by sea then you can use the passport card.
For more info try travel.state.gov for the most updated information.
Hope this helps.

Charlie

"Steve" gave the only correct answer! See site below to read the law for yourself. Amazing the number of people who like to guess about this and have no references to give! You will not be allowed on an airplane to Canada without a passport. See 2nd site for all passport application information.

tuppenybitz

if flying you must have a passport

Ray

You need a passport, they changed the law after 9/11 for Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico

Jennie

Yup because you are leaving the country.

v.m.

Yes, you need a passport to cross the boarder.

answer mine? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApkO5gF_dwmwu7U1rzL8oD_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081112140341AAOnyQX

Island Gurl 79

Yes you need a passport. You do not need one if you drive, but you will in a few months, I think the law changes in February.

jake.jakobson

u need a passport to enter Canada, don't know about the other countries

Grand Master B

It used to be that all you needed to enter Canada was a drivers licence or birth certificate. However, due to 9/11, this might have changed and therefore a passport may be necessary. I would check with the airlines of the Canadian Consolate to find out the exact answer. In my opinion, a passport would be better since it is internationally accepted.

Dray

Yes i think you need a passport every time someone goes out of the country

a Chi

For travel by sea or land to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda, you only need a passport card, which is less expensive than a passport book.

if you are traveling by air, you need a passport book.

Hickey25KY

yes you will need a passport. the law was just passed recently. google it though if your really about to get on a plane. don't trust us dumb people.

Tom

Yes you do everytime you go out of the country

Nerd

lol
yeah...you do
doesnt matter with the birth certificate thing
if you go down to the DMV
you can get a passport on your drivers licence for like
$15.00

Trojan

I've seen most Americans ask this question if they have another damn option besides passport because I guess they don't want people to know their hillbillie profiles? But anyway, why is it so damn hard to think that you really need a damn passport?
Is this your damn state? Or it's just a state of mind?

Cause' Im sure most Americans think it's so good to be at the other border where the grass is green...

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