5 teamer/nicky/or other canadian poster proline/borrder cross question

[topgame85]

I'm driving up to my home town nf, ny tonight was thinking about coming across to canada for the casino and proline but had a question....... when driving across the border now do you need a passport? thanks in advance

[betplom]

I'm driving up to my home town nf, ny tonight was thinking about coming across to canada for the casino and proline but had a question....... when driving across the border now do you need a passport? thanks in advance

Yes, you need a passport, not to enter Canada but to return to the USA.



The following pieces of identification will serve as satisfactory proof of American citizenship to enter Canada.

Please note, however, that photocopies of ID must be notarized:

• US passport
  
  OR
• Birth certificate,
  
  OR
• Certificate of citizenship or naturalization,
  
  AND
• Photo ID, such as current driver's license

All U.S. citizens entering Canada from a third country must have a valid passport.

Alien permanent residents of the U.S. must present their Alien Registration Card, commonly called a “Green Card.”

http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatraveloverview/qt/uscitizenborder.htm

[topgame85]

come on getlemen I know someone knows the answer here

[pavyracer]

Shouldn't you be asking American posters instead of Canadians? How would a Canadian passport holder know what a US passport holder needs to have to enter Canada?

[topgame85]

Yes, you need a passport, not to enter Canada but to return to the USA.

Damn I mean will they just not let you back in if you don't have one? I have a SS card and virginia DL

[topgame85]

Shouldn't you be asking American posters instead of Canadians? How would a Canadian passport holder know what a US passport holder needs to have to enter Canada?

Yah I guess a border residing US citizen would be ideal, I find it kind of hard to believe they will just not let me back in......... they just gonna convert me to candian citizenship and make me stay or what I mean thats not too bad of a deal I suppose haha

[betplom]

Damn I mean will they just not let you back in if you don't have one? I have a SS card and virginia DL

Shouldn't you be asking American posters instead of Canadians? How would a Canadian passport holder know what a US passport holder needs to have to enter Canada?

Actually, Canadians/Americans near the border know the rules for both sides.

I'm 85 miles away from the NY/ON border.

http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatraveloverview/qt/uscitizenborder.htm

[Richkas]

Dont drink the water otherwise you might start thinking people like Sidney Crosby are athletes.

[unde0087]

I live near the border of Canada here in Montana. You do not need a passport to get thru the border no matter if you are coming or going. You do however need your birth certificate or ID. I have never had to show a passport ever.

[betplom]

Dont drink the water otherwise you might start thinking people like Sidney Crosby are athletes.

Richkas, you should quit while your behind.

This old saying applies to you Richie:
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt"

[topgame85]

Thanks unde0087 I'm trying to read it online but getting conflicting reports one says yes one says no one says yes but not until next summer, when I used to live there I was detained once for not having prper ID for like an hr till they could verify stuff would really like to get some coffe crisp, ketchup chips, proline ticket and visit the casino in Niagara falls canada while up there

[betplom]

I live near the border of Canada here in Montana. You do not need a passport to get thru the border no matter if you are coming or going. You do however need your birth certificate or ID. I have never had to show a passport ever.

This is correct, the passport rule for land crossings doesn't take effect until June 2009.

You do not yet need a passport if travelling by car to/from Canada.

would really like to get some coffe crisp, ketchup chips, proline ticket and visit the casino in Niagara falls canada while up there

You don't have "coffee crisp" in the US? Tragic.


As for the confusion, the US wants rule changes brought about as soon as possible but lobbying by border states and Canada has them constantly making changes to the dates the new rules go into effect.

I can assure you that if crossing (BEFORE JUNE 2009) via one of the bridges between New York State into Ontario by car you will not need a passport.

Make sure you have proper ID though.

[topgame85]

Nope no coffee crisp it sucks

[unde0087]

Thanks unde0087 I'm trying to read it online but getting conflicting reports one says yes one says no one says yes but not until next summer, when I used to live there I was detained once for not having prper ID for like an hr till they could verify stuff would really like to get some coffe crisp, ketchup chips, proline ticket and visit the casino in Niagara falls canada while up there

Ya, the only thing you have to worry about these days is if your car is the one that is selected for the random check. They you will be searched like you have never been searched before so make sure you have a good story when you get there. Also, Top, you taking a break from posting picks, I always liked your totals. Whats up with that?

[JBC77]

Things have changed, I remember going to Canada many years ago and you really didn't need anything but a drivers license.

[topgame85]

Yah, Baseball is my main stay I post others when one really jumps out at me just have not seen one like that recently, and yah I hope I don't get randomly searched I have a lot of facial hair right now kinda look middle eastern may want to shave before getting there

[unde0087]

ha ha nice, ya, i don't know that you would want to be looking like a middle eastern crossing in/out of the US these days. That may be grounds for immediate search. But good luck, I kind of thought you were a baseball guy but just couldnt track you down lately to ask you. Good luck with the casinos.

[betplom]

Things have changed, I remember going to Canada many years ago and you really didn't need anything but a drivers license.

Things have changed at the border, the changes were not initiated by the Canadian government, they were initiated by the paranoid US government because of those planes that were flown into the buildings in NYC.

Canada isn't dumb, they recognize that American visitors are good for the economy and would like it to be easier to travel between the two countries, not more difficult. The Canadian government knows that if its a hassle for Yanks to visit then they probably won't bother making the trip. Governors from US border states like Michigan/New York/Washington all know how important it is to keep the border open and people moving.

If you are ever in Windsor Ontario, check out the line of trucks waiting for clearance into the States via the Ambassador bridge, its sometimes 15 miles long!

This situation was caused by the US gov, in their infinite wisdom.

[Richkas]

Richkas, you should quit while your behind.

This old saying applies to you Richie:
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt"

If I can get one of you canadien phucks to respond then it was worth it