Is a Passport necessary to travel to Canada now.

[TX-RAT]

It wasn't last june ( went fishing ), just curious if it's changed?

[JVS]

1. Not necessary, but wise. It's a bullet proof ID for re-entering the US

Otherwise you might want to take along a Birth Certificate, Social Sec. Card, and driver's license.

[TX-RAT]

2. Thanks

[u4ic]

6. That's IF he wants to go back

;)

[KurtNYC]

3. I travel by plane

and it seems to be required both ways. Haven't driven across in many years but got searched going up when I was in a rental car. If you are in your own car it may be more lax.

[naturalselection]

4. I go fishing in Canada too, and found this:

December 31, 2006 – Passport required for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
December 31, 2007 – Passport required for all land border crossings, as well as air and sea travel.

By the way, where do you go fishing up there?

[TX-RAT]

5. Have fished several lakes.

We're going to Apisko in Manitoba this time. Going after big Northerns.

[naturalselection]

10. Been to several lakes

around Flin Flon Manitoba. Last year we mainly fished walleye but in the past have gone after big northerns too. I don't go every year, but plan on it in a couple.

Cheers.

[TX-RAT]

15. Go to Aikens for big Walleye

They've got some monsters, took a 31 1/2 inch 4 years ago. My personal best. Apisko is producing the biggest Northerns. Have fished Sassaginagak for several years, fair Walleye and Northerns, great facilities.

[TX-RAT]

7. Buddie just sent me a great link

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html

[purr]

8. I'm going on the 8th... got passports for me, and the kids.

Especially my 5 yr old son - his bio father isnt going and from what the passport agency told me I can get arrested and or charged with attempted kidnapping if he didnt have one along with a note from his father :scared: . So I'm not looking to get detained and that nice nasty stuff so I just bit the bullet and got all of us one.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Just as an aside...

a woman I know in Toronto moved there with her family when she was 5 years old. Now, if she wants to come here, even with a Canuckian passport, she has to get a special visa because she wasn't born in Canada.

Boy, is she ever pissed! She can go to Cuba any time she wants, but can't cross the damn bridge across town.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Oh, that sucks the big one.

[MissMillie]

11. not yet - EDITED

but if you travel by air or boat after 1/1/07, it will be. And you'll need one if traveling by ground (car or train) transport after 1/1/08.

(on edit: I was off on my dates... here's the link)

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2225.html

[Mizmoon]

13. No, but it's better to have a passport

I'm under the impression that you have more protection with a passport. Not that Canada's a hotbed of trouble, but in these times, when everyone's so jumpy, it's best to have the maximum proof that you are an American citizen.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. No. I Was Just There Last Week

I used my passport, but i saw plenty of U.S. citizens with just a D.L. and a copy of a birth certificate. In fact, i saw one american use just a driver's license. Nothing else, and the C&I people accepted it and passed him through.

I just find using the passport more convenient. I have it, so might as well use it.

The Professor