Do I need a passport?

Question

I`m going to Canada. Do I need a passport for each child going with me? or can I just bring birth certificates ? And do I need anything else to go across the border?

Answer 1

Current Requirements for Entry Into Canada

Visas are not required for U.S. citizens entering Canada from the U.S. You will, however, need:

1.
Proof of your U.S. citizenship such as your U.S. passport (For information on obtaining a U.S. passport, check with one of the regional passport agencies located throughout the U.S.) or certified copy of your birth certificate issued by the city, county or state in the U.S. where you were born. If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen and do not have a passport, you should travel with your naturalization certificate. A driver’s license, voter’s registration card or Social Security card is NOT valid proof of citizenship.
2.
Photo identification, such as a current, valid 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.”

If you are a dual U.S./Canadian citizen you should always present yourself as a Canadian citizen when entering Canada. However, U.S. citizens should use their U.S. passports when entering or leaving the United States.

Due to international concern over child abduction, single parents, grandparents, or guardians traveling with children often need proof of custody or notarized letters from the other parent authorizing travel. (This is in addition to proof of citizenship as explained above.) Any person under the age of 18 and traveling alone should carry a letter from his/her parent or guardian authorizing the trip. Travelers without such documentation may experience delays at the port of entry.

For further information, including information on student or business travel, visitors can contact the Embassy of Canada at 501 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001, [phone], see their Internet home page at http://www.canadianembassy.org or contact the nearest Canadian consulate. (A list of Canadian consulates is at the end of this brochure.)

Answer 2

Do you need a passport? That depends on where you are coming from. If you're from the US, no. Not yet. Not unless Bush continues to push for passports between Canadians and Americans.
Question: You are bringing children with you. Are they your children? Are they accompanied by both parents? If not, do you have a document from the parents, properly witnessed, that gives permission for you to take that child into Canada? If you are a single parent, you will need a certified deposition from the child's other parent. This is part of the anti-kidnapping program, and the bottom line is you can't cross the border with someone else's children.
Only other thing you're apt to need is money (just joking).
Have a great trip!

Answer 3

Their birth certificates will be enough. It couldn't hurt to bring your own passport.

if you are an American citizen crossing the border into Canada, you need ID that proves two things: 1) Citizenship, and 2) Identity by way of a photo.

A driver's license on its own or a Social Security Card on its own are not valid ID to cross the Canadian border.

The following pieces of identification will serve as satisfactory proof of American citizenship to enter Canada:
US passport

OR

Birth certificate,

OR

Certificate of citizenship or naturalization,

AND

Photo ID, such as current driver's license

Answer 4

Photo ID and birth certificates are needed. By December 2008, you will need a passport. Great info at:

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-e.html

Answer 5

Birth Certificate's good enough if they were born in the US.
Green card if you're a resident.

Answer 6

You don't need a passport now, but you will in 2007

Answer 7

I saw on TV that there are places (maybe many) that one can just drive on through non-stop. No passport, no issue. My question . . Can you get a driver's Liscense there if yours is revoked in US just for late pymnt. of a ticket?

Answer 8

it depends, but if your American probably not. I'd check first though things have changed from the good ol days a few years ago.

Answer 9

birth certificates and I.D will do

Answer 10

Depends on your nationality on your mode of travel.. Please give further details