For a tourist. Please don't give me some long cut and paste. I'd like a simple answer based on personal experience. Ten years ago I crossed the border into Canada with only a New York State Driver's license but I've heard that since 2001 you now need a passport. Thanks in advance.
2006-07-31 13:30:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
nope, i can go into the US without a passport so it's probably the same thing vice versa.. it's not until the end of this year that you'll need a passport. so long as you bring your driver's license and maybe a backup piece of ID you should be ok
2006-07-31 13:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just returned from Ontario. We crossed at the Peace Bridge Buffalo/Ft. Erie. A passport is not required, but as of right now, it will be required in Jan. 2007.
They will ask for a photo ID and you need to have either a voter's registration card or birth certificate as back-up. We usually get asked for the birth certificates on the way back into the US not on the way into Canada.
2006-08-01 10:41:14 · answer #2 · answered by Momof2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On one that episode of that 70's show, nobody who was a US citizen needed a passport to cross the border. I have a friend who travelled to Niagra Falls and then on to Canada and they didn't need to bring anything either. But I don't know if that will change in 2006 like that person said, if they do change it that would be pointless.
2006-07-31 20:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Charlotte Sometimes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It either just changed or will in the next few months. Get a passport and save the risk of losing your original birth certificate. If you don't need one now (the state department seems to change its mind a lot so I would call them directly), you need your original birth certificate with a raised seal.
2006-07-31 21:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by emp04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can still get in with a birth certificate and a drivers license. But it is so worth it and alot easier to get a passport.
2006-07-31 20:35:08 · answer #5 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just went over the weekend. They only asked for driver license and where we were born. I had taken the birth certificates but they never asked for them. But to be safe i recommend that you do take them along. Canada was great!
2006-08-04 11:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by Carol K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you drive, then you can use your USA drivers license (until end of 2007, then you need a passport to drive there & come back)
If you fly, you need a passport
2006-07-31 20:39:17 · answer #7 · answered by Xtal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passport is always good to have, it eliminates any surprises. Also due to the tightening of security you will need a passport.
2006-07-31 20:46:53 · answer #8 · answered by Miguel O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well now adays with all the terroist bombings and stuff i would bring a passport with u but i doubt you will need it, bring it just in case anyways. Better safe than sorry!
2006-07-31 20:57:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
@ the end of 2006 that will change, so go before 2006 is over.
2006-07-31 20:32:59 · answer #10 · answered by Daughtry-luver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋