Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 2007/04

From: Bob Goldstein <bobgoldstein@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 15 Apr 2007 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 7220
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:37:36 -0400

As a yearly visitor to Canada by auto, I can add that you certainly need
some serious form of ID to re-enter the USA by car from Canada, something
more than a drivers license. So it's either a passport or a birth
certificate.

Once I came in without either and was treated to a provocative dressing
down, and finally allowed to enter.

Bob Goldstein

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> klarinet Digest 15 Apr 2007 09:01:01 -0000 Issue 7220
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> Topics (messages 90544 through 90545):
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> Re: Clarinet Fest - Vancouver
> 90544 by: Audrey Travis
> 90545 by: Kevin Fay
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> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:32:59 -0700
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> From: Audrey Travis <clr91nt@-----.ca>
> Subject: Fwd: [kl] Clarinet Fest - Vancouver
> Message-id: <63cb202ac76176255f2c6036749e1a73@-----.ca>
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> This is from So Rhee, Executive Director of the ICA in reply to=20
> inquiries about passports needed or not into Canada.
>
> Audrey
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> So
>>
>> So Rhee
>> Executive Director
>> International Clarinet Association
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> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:15:41 -0700
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Clarinet Fest - Vancouver
> Message-ID: <001801c77f0c$59538790$58cb1218@hal>
> Keywords: Music
>
> 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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