Seems silly but can an american bring a canadian across the border with them?

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SaskAries

Yes they can take you across...there is no problem with them coming to pick you up and taking you back across, you will get asked some questions that show you have ties to Canada and that you are planning on returning after your vacation, such as employment or school related questions. They will want to make sure that you are not planning on staying down in the US for whatever reason. So they will ask you how you know the friends, why you are going there, where you are staying etc.

You need your original birth certificate as well as a government issued photo id(drivers license), you do not need a passport as of yet for LAND travel into the US! Until June of 2009 But since you have the passport use it!

Your friends will need the same id that you have for both crossings. If any of them have a passport tell them to use it since it makes the crossing a little bit easier.

JuanB

You can do it, they may ask extra questions if it's like your American girlfriend or if you were younger.

You are correct, and these answers are wrong on passports. You don't need a passport when driving until next Summer. Or later if they postpone it again. The ID you need is your birth certificate as well as government issued photo ID, such as a drivers license.

old lady

Not as long as you have the proper identification with you.

buffybot67

No problem at all as log as everyone has proper ID

Greg A

I'm Canadain and cross regularly with US citizens, however, they have a passport. I believe US citizens can enter Canada by land still with only govt photo id plus birth certificate. I suggest you go to Homeland Security website for current info. Your American friend's biggest concern is returning TO the states with approproiate id.

christina c

to cross any border now ,even into Canada, you now need a passport. even if it is for 5 minutes. you can only go into countries that are part of the US. without a passport. Sorry but they also need a passport to come into our country. to do so is to break a federal law lwhich is automatically is a prison sentence.

redneckgirl

thanks to the security measures for border crossings - everybody will need a passport to cross the border

sugarhigh

If they have a passport

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