Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 2007/04

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinet Fest - Vancouver
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:15:41 -0400

Audrey Travis forwarded So Rhee's message:

> Audrey,
>
> It appears that people driving into Canada from the U.S. (and vice=20
> versa)=A0do not need passports after all.=A0 Not until Jan. 2008.=A0 I =
think=20
> that this is a recent change.=A0 If they fly, however, they=A0do=20
> definitely need a passport.
>
> I got confirmation from the following website:=A0=20
> http://www.vancouver.com/travel/entering-canada/index.htm=A0and it=20
> spells it out pretty clearly.

This is true - no passport is necessary for land crossing, one will be =
if
you want to take an airplane.

I'm the lawyer at my company that advises our people on immigration =
matters.
My consistent advice is that you should *always* have a passport to =
travel
internationally, even to a most-friendly country like Canada. The =
problem
isn't the Canadians - they are by and large extremely friendly, unless =
you
want to work there - but getting back into the U.S.

The US border people can be somewhat dim. Although the rule is that you
don't need a U.S. passport to get back into the U.S., your crossing will =
be
a whole lot easier if you have one.

If you have a round-trip ticket that leaves for a non-U.S. destination
within 14 days, you can get your U.S. passport in a day at one of the
several U.S. passport centers (like Seattle). This may well be worth =
it.

kjf

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