WFR1 - AFAIK you need to prove your citizenship - birth cert or passport.
Can a friend or relative courier them to you?
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Were toast. Both are locked up in the safety deposit box. Not easily accessed, even by us. The downside of "good security". We'll just have to skip Canada and hope to do it again later, if we can afford the fuel.
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bains wrote: You are getting poor advice on this passport issue.
This summer, you may enter/leave Canada with picture ID only. You should have that with your drivers license.
If you need to fly back to the US from Canada for some reason -- death in family, medical emergency, etc. then you will need a passport.
You need written proof of citizenship. A birth certificate may serve that purpose.
I agree with both of you (to a point).
Quote: This summer, you may enter/leave Canada with picture ID only.
Technically this is true. You may enter or leave Canada with no problem, but to get into the USA, you need proof of citizenship.
There are several forms of proof of citizenship that they will accept at US Customs, including a birth certificate (or a copy of your birth certificate) WITH a government issued photo ID, a valid passport or an expired passport.
Our local customs will accept a voter registration card with a government issued photo ID, but I'm not sure if that is accepted everywhere.
To fly to the US from another country, you will need a valid passport.
Some states are working on a drivers license that will be able to be used as proof of citizenship, but, to my knowledge, that is still in the planning stages.
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What is the exact procedure regarding declaration of items on the border? What I'd like to learn in particular is whether we need to fill out any forms before we get to the border? Or do Canadian border officials simply ask whether you have anything to declare? Do they ask whether you have any gifts for anybody in Canada? Thank you for your advice.
Architect, there is no 'exact' procedure at the border, it varies all the time. There are no forms to complete, other than for pets or guns. There are thousands of questions that they can ask you, normally they will ask just a few, they will sometimes throw in a strange question, I'm sure just to test your reaction.
Just answer the questions they ask, don't volunteer any information they don't ask for, and above all, relax!
Quote: What is the exact procedure regarding declaration of items on the border?
In theory, you should declare whatever needs to be declared according to the law of the land you are visiting. In theory again, you should know what requires a declaration, and what does not.
You should know some type of food (some meat, plants, fruits and vegetable) are not allowed in Canada, as are guns, a certain limit on cigarettes and liquor/wine/beer. You should also know you can't bring more than $xxxx amount of cash.
So saying
Quote: don't volunteer any information they don't ask for
is a bit misleading.
If you don't declare you have an M16 in your trunk, even if you are not directly asked, you could be in some very deep trouble.
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