What all identification do i need to enter Canada from the U.S.?

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kewtber

My husband and I have visited canada many times and in fact were married in Ontario in 2004 We only needed photo ID (drivers license). take that, your birth certificate, and your passport (regulations are changing, from what I hear, especially if you want to come back into US)

For more updated info:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html

Have fun, Canada is a great place to visit!

Conductor Budgie

I've lived on the Canada-U.S. border almost all my life (born and raised there), so I'm pretty familiar with it.

To enter Canada as a U.S. citizen, your driver's license is really all you need, and they may not even ask you for it. It wouldn't hurt to have your birth certificate and passport, but you'll likely need those more for returning to the U.S.

The Americans are much more anal about border inspection, and they can be real jerks sometimes. But, if you want to enter the country, you unfortunately have to put up with this minor rudeness as your initial first impression.

I've only had a major problem crossing the border once, and I cross pretty regularly, both for work and to visit family. On the Canadian side, they take photos of your licence plate, and they're pretty easy on the regulars.

Jon W

Just a driver's license, but if you're on business, take some cash.

Found out the hard way that they charge a fee if you're doing business there...

I left for the airport in the usual rush, and was going to get cash (or that funny colored paper stuff they use) when I got there.
It wasn't much, but I didn't bring even $10 I don't think.
They wouldn't let me out to the Amex machine, and didn't really want to go back right-away. Neither'd the client I'd come to see.
She wasn't allowed to pay for it either, because I wasn't "there" yet.

Apparentlly this was a new rule because I was the first one in the company to hit it. Lucky me.

Finally worked around it, as I was just there to do installation planning and no real "Work". Whew!

I'd have hated for that to happen in a less freindly country much further away.

Midnight_Club

Toni_Busy is wrong.

The rule for mandatory passports is NOT being inforced. She has two things wrong with her answer.

1: The new law which will be officail soon (but NOT now) does not require a passport to enter Canada. The law is a US law for re entering the United States.

2: The rule that passports are needed to get back into the United States was originally planned to begin in 2007. BUT they have extended it as many people have appelead due to a concern over tourism.

From FOX NEWS.com:
"Facing an uproar from its northern neighbor, the Bush administration now is reconsidering the passport plans it announced in the spring. Canadian and American critics alike fear the plan would stymie cross-border commerce and tourism.

As soon as this month, the Homeland Security and State departments are expected to propose the creation of a new low-cost ID card for Americans who frequently travel across the border but don't want to pay the $97 cost of a passport."
ARTICLE: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166066,00.html

Another article entitled "Legislation delays border passport mandate" http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=522162&category=STATE&newsdate=10/3/2006
The date for the passport requirement HAS been extended so you currently DO NOT need one to re enter the United States.

CrAzY-B|TcH

Birth certificate and driver's license (A passport would be ideal but not mandatory)

ReiseSchein

That depends on whether or not you were born in the U.S.
If you were, you require proof of citizenship plus official photo I.D. such as a Birth Certificate plus official photo I.D. such as a State Driver's license.
If you were born outside the US or British Commonwealth, you should check with the Canadian Embassy in Washington or a Canadian Consulate in one of several major US cities.

Nelson_DeVon

Probably nothing. It is harder to get back in the US though. It would be helpful to have a passport.

Toni_busy

Customs is NOW requiring a passport. Period. They "official" law doesn't go into effect until January 2007 but the are enforcing it NOW. A friend of mine just came up from Colorado this past Thursday and they insisted she present them with her passport. It was also required of my family and I back in March when we moved here from the USA. DON'T try to come in without it. They will turn you away.

mb

al_garrafon

u must be hot ;D~

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