Do I need to have a Passport to drive into Canada or will a License be enough?

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Cariad

If you are driving, you need a drivers license and orginal birth certificate, so you can get back into the USA (I think this is a trick question because the date you gave "happens" to be the date that by air/sea you need a passport)

Here is a link
http://www.explore.canada.travel/ctc/ke/things_to_know.jsp?cat=4000&localeId=16

Goldenrain

Passports make it simplier but you can use a driver's license and birth certificate. When I traveled to Canada I got a passport because I changed my name and I did not want to run into difficulty with my birth certificate being a different name except for my first name. I wanted "no questions asked" and that is what I got with my passport. You still have time to get a passport before January if you act quick and they are good for alot of years.

Mis Managed

You do not need a passport..you may want to take your birth certificate.

star

It's been awhile, but the last I went to Canada from Detroit, I didn't need a passport, a drivers license was enough.

baddrose268

Well if you enter through Michigan you need a passport regardless or they won't let you through the border. However by January 1st, 2008 all USA citizens will be required to have a passport to enter Canada, Mexico or USA as well as leave those three countries.

supermantha

i think that they made a rule that you also need your passport, but i dont know when itll be put into effect. so yes bring it just in case you do really need it.

huckleberry

I agree. I travel back and forth to the US often from Canada. I lost my passport a year ago and have been using my driver's license and birth certificate ever since. No problems to report.

The Ministry of Common Sense

It has always been enough to have just license or even birth certificate, but I have received an email from Expedia.com which states that this law is changing. Passports will be required for all border crossings, even where they were not previously needed (i.e., Canada, the Bahamas). The only thing is I can't remember the exact date this goes into effect, but it is soon. If you plan to travel soon then I think it would be a good idea to have a passport. You can search for the information under "passport requirements".

the shadow knows

Passport in and out.

Aeryn Sun

if you are a US citizen all you need is a driver's license.

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