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Crossing into Canada with a passport card
Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:33 pm
Posted this on the travel board to no avail.
Has anyone ever crossed into Canada with a passport card? If so do you just go through like normal or do you go to a different line? I'm crossing with a Canadian family who all have regular passports.
Has anyone ever crossed into Canada with a passport card? If so do you just go through like normal or do you go to a different line? I'm crossing with a Canadian family who all have regular passports.
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Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:35 pm to Pedro
I just used my LSU student ID
Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:40 pm to Pedro
I drove from Detroit to Windsor with no stops for ID or passport checks. Then I drove back to the US with nothing but a military ID. This was back in 2011
Posted on 7/27/16 at 10:42 pm to Pedro
Posted on 7/27/16 at 11:00 pm to JAXTiger16
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I drove from Detroit to Windsor with no stops for ID or passport checks. Then I drove back to the US with nothing but a military ID. This was back in 2011
Lucky you.
I did the same back in 2006 and got the Nth degree on both sides of the border.
Never got the same Spanish Inquisition in all my international travels since.
Posted on 7/27/16 at 11:23 pm to Pedro
Drove from Seattle to Vancouver. Only used myself passport card. No problems either way. Just give them the card when they ask for passport
Posted on 7/27/16 at 11:42 pm to Pedro
I recently drove through with passport card on the way to Vancouver. It was my first time to Canada, so they demanded a background check. Asked some background questions, questions about the visit itself, and inspected the vehicle. My friend said that had never happened to him when traveling with others before that time. He did say his co worker had to turn around once with a group of friends because one had a recent DWI.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:19 am to wolftiger
That answered my question thanks. I wasn't sure if it'd be a separate process from the normal passport
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:32 am to Pedro
A passport card is only good for land and sea crossings to enter Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean. A big issue is it is not good for air travel. If you are driving into and back out of Canada it should ok. The issue is lets say you drive Winnipeg alone. You get there and get really sick and cannot drive back to the states. You can't travel with the document and your deep into Canada so your SOL. Pay the extra and get the Passport. You might not really need it to drive to Canada but it last 10 years and be real safe.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 2:19 am to BamaHater
Nah I all of that. My question was if it worked any differently when you're going across the land checkpoints from someone with a normal passport. I'm going to niagra so I'm flying in and out of buffalo.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:22 am to Pedro
If you have a DUI or felony, they refuse entry. The border patrol runs random background screenings.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 6:33 am to Pedro
Look on the back to the top left it says "Valid only for international land and sea travel between United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bremuda."
If you are only going to Canada you are good...
If you are only going to Canada you are good...
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:07 am to Breauxsif
I hear this all the time. I got popped for DUI when I was in college. Been to Canada a dozen or more times since both by air and driving. Never had a single issue with my most recent trip less than five years ago. Not even so much as asked about it. I don't doubt the validity of the statement, I just have to assume there's some sort of cutoff in terms of how many years have passed since the offense.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 8:08 am
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:08 am to Pedro
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Pedro
You already made it in to the US. Why test your luck even more?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:14 am to stelly1025
quote:National Fish?-
Look on the back to the top left it says "Valid only for international land and sea travel between United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bremuda."
Posted on 7/28/16 at 8:35 am to BamaHater
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A big issue is it is not good for air travel.
It's valid for domestic air travel
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:20 pm to wiltznucs
To be frank with you, you've been extremely lucky you haven't been turned away at the border. In Canada, a DUI is considered a felony. There's no "time-limit" as to when you can get your "rights" back to enter the country. The only way to guarantee that you can travel freely inside Canada with a DUI is to go to the Canadian consulate and pay $700 to get your rights back. You have to petition that you've been rehabilitated by providing proof of treatment and a period of 5 years has passed and you have no further incidents with the law. It's a bitch, I had a family member that had to go through the process. Nothing worse than having to already book airfare, hotel, ect, ect, or having to travel for business and explain to your colleagues that you can't enter the country over some bullshite that happened 5-10 years ago.
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