"Jason Bleazard" <jason.dml@bleazard.net> wrote in message
news:20030306082537.A4108@delenn.bleazard.net...
>
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:10:56 Josh Battles wrote:
> >
> > OH, before I forget... WHAT DO I NEED TO GET INTO CANADA????? Do I need
a
> > passport? We used to do it with a D/L and SSC, but I've heard that the
> > rules have changed.
>
> I usually don't have a problem getting in to Canada, it's going the other
> way that's the problem. And I'm a US citizen. US immigration treats us
> poorly, and foreign citizens even worse. I guess I can understand why,
> but I always feel like I'm automatically suspected of every evil thing in
> the book just because I want to drive across a line in the dirt.
> (stepping off soapbox now, sorry...)
>
> I'm not sure about a social security card, but I can tell you from
> personal experience that a voter's registration card is MEANINGLESS to the
> immigration officials. I forgot my birth certificate the first time I
> flew up to Toronto in '97, and was starting to think I wasn't going to get
> back home.
>
> Usually the rule is photo ID (driver's license) plus your birth
> certificate, or a notarized copy. I believe that the rules state that
> nothing other than a birth certificate or passport is acceptable as proof
> of citizenship. If you can get a passport, it's much easier. I know they
> never used to be as strict as they are now.
>
> I usually don't get hassled while driving, but they do have the right to
> demand to see this stuff. The airport is worse. When I was using my
> birth certificate, it usually took them a minute of asking questions,
> looking stuff up in the computer, etc. before they'd let me in to the US.
> With the passport, they swipe it and away I go.
I'll just get a passport. I think it will be MUCH easier in the long run.
And besides, that'll give me an excuse to go out of the country more often.
-- -Josh 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
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