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trip Anonymous
simple enough question I guess. does one need a passport inorder to travel from the US to canada? if so, how do I go about obtaining one?
>> Anonymous
You will soon. They keep pushing back the dedline tho.

Right now I think you just need your birth certificate, or any other citizenship proof.

If you need a passport, go to the post office. They'll give you the forms to fill out. Then to go a drug store/photo center and ask if they do passport photos. You'll need two to fill in with your paperwork. Also it's like 80 dollars or some shit. Then you sit back and wait for 5 weeks while they do background check, etc.
>> Anonymous
1. Go to nearest international airport and wait by international arrivals.

2. Wait until someone comes off a plane who looks a lot like you.

3. Follow him until you find and opportunity to take his passport by force or trickery.

In all seriousness, I've heard of US citizens being turned back at the canadian border because they didn't have their passport. However I'm willing to believe the border people said "passport OR birth certificate AND license" and the people I spoke to didn't quite catch that last part.

If you take the victoria clipper from seattle to victoria, they make a big deal about "No Passport Required for US citizens!" But they still need a birth certificate or naturalization certificate.
>> Anonymous
so just a simple drivers license and/or social security card won't work then?
>> Anonymous
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Apparently all you need is one of these.

I'm all over various government sites, and finding out more than I ever wanted to know about travel documents, like the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, the new Passport Card (good for Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Bermuda, but not by air), or the fact that you can back up your drivers license with a Native American Tribal Photo Identification Card. But I don't see anything about an SSN card being valid or not. If I was you I'd assume they're not.

Seriously, get a passport. Comes in handy when you lose your wallet and have no ID for a few days or weeks or however long.
>> Anonymous
Hi, i'm an immigration officer for the Canadian Government.. here is whats acceptable..

By land
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-Passport
-Photo ID with birth certificate (US citizens, and Peru)
-Passport card
-US Green card
-US Naturalization papers, with a photo ID such as drivers licence.

By land
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-Passport

SSN is not acceptable.. SSN only states that you can work in the united states, it does not mean you are a US. citizen. Green card holders also get SSN, And also people that on Work visas.
>> Anonymous
>>63996
Samefag, forgot to say Native American ID is acceptable if you are part of the Six Nations.
>> Anonymous
Why are Americans so hesitant to simply getting a passport? Serious question.
>> Anonymous
>>63996

Peru? Don't you mean Puerto Rico? Christ.
>> Anonymous
>>64089
Ya sorry, was half drunk when i wrote that last night.. Dont know where i got peru from..
>> Anonymous
>>64089
lol and I was wondering "Why the fuck Peru?". Thanks for clearing that out, Anonymous.
>> Anonymous
>>64021

Many don't travel outside of the US much, plus it's expensive and, if you aren't renewing an old one, can require putting sensitive ID documents through the mail.
>> Anonymous
>>64021

You don't/didn't need one to travel anywhere in North America and the Caribbean and many people can't afford trans-atlantic/pacific flights.

BTW if you're driving across the border you just need ID as of like a month ago. They have been saying that they are gonna go passport only for a long time, I think the claimed deadline is New Years now.

I hate that border, its completely useless. And to think that it wouldn't be there if we won a few more battles in the revolution.
>> Anonymous
>>63996Hi, i'm an immigration officer for the Canadian Government

For realz?

Can I ask for some help with a small problem? Many years ago I lost a passport (young, reckless, tempting fate, etc). Now I have a new passport, but every time I cross the canadaian border, I have to spend about ten minutes in that special room where nobody wants to go. You see, another american with my name has a criminal record and has been turned back at the border several times.

Now the weird part is, he's got a different middle initial, different birthdate, and different SSN than I do. So I don't know if this guy's using my old passport (prolly expired by now, thank gd), or if it's just a sheer coincidence that he has my first and last name and was born in the same decade as I was.

Is there a particular office I should call or send a letter to? I'm glad it's just a small inconvenience rather than some tragic ordeal. But it would be better still to just breeze through like everyone else.

What's the trick to getting this cleared up?

Thanks