Passport needed to return from Canada

[estiers]

I was listening to CBC the other day when they were talking about this and the majority of the Canadian callers seemed to be upset about the cost they will incur.  I guess, and correct me if I am wrong, but their passports cost somewhere around $80 and last for 5 years.  Whereas, the US passpost costs somewhere around $85 and lasts for 10 years. Quite a difference in cost to cross the border, if you ask me.

[beenthere]

Maybe we should get a 'chip' buried beneath our skin that can be 'read' when we come back into the country where we 'belong'.  I hear that dogs and animals now have chips that are pretty small (I think dairy cows in some large operations have them for getting the correct feed and keep track of milk production). 

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Phorester
A Wisconsin drivers license can easily be obtained without proof of citizenship. People can get a WI drivers license simply by passing the tests and showing they are registered to vote in another country, such as Mexico. Once they have the drivers license, they can then show that when they board an airlplane as 'proof' of who they are, which seems to defeat the very reason such proof is being requested (thinking terrorist here). At least the WI legislature is considering doing something about this 'flaw', but they don't want to give anyone in the state that isn't a citizen a 'stigma' that they are not like everyone else.  ??? ???

""They're gonna let you out of the USA without a passport, but you need one to get back in?""
I think the deal here is to protect from wrong people entering, so one is asked for proof of citizenship when entering.  I remember wondering the same thing, until I realized that upon returning to the country I grew up in, that the border guard doesn't know that, and I need proof for him/her that I am a citizen and am going home.

[firtol88]

I was listening to CBC the other day when they were talking about this and the majority of the Canadian callers seemed to be upset about the cost they will incur.  I guess, and correct me if I am wrong, but their passports cost somewhere around $80 and last for 5 years.  Whereas, the US passpost costs somewhere around $85 and lasts for 10 years.

Considering the value of a canadian dollar that looks to be roughly equal costs.

[Phorester]

Thanks, BEENTHERE.

30 - 40 years ago in Virginia, there was a minor flap about drivers licenses and using them for ID.  At that time, the Dept. of Motor Vechicles said; we do not issue drivers licenses for identification purposes, we issue them  only to show that the person is qualified to drive in Virginia. If somebody else wants to use the license for identification purposes, it is their problem.

Times have changed.

[OLD_ JD]

what i eard is pasport is require to enter in canada for all.... BUT the just dont apply the law if ure from u.s.a..
native can cross canadien,american and mexico border just by showing there indien ID card.... :-\

[Corley5]

"Both time we crossed at the Wild Horse Port of Entry.  The perfect definition of the middle of nowhere"
And you didn't want to go nowhere but you found it :D

The customs houses are all that's there for miles.  Just open rolling prairie otherwise.  Kinda creepy to a guy who comes from the woods.  No place to hide ;) ;D

[Brucer]

Maybe we should get a 'chip' buried beneath our skin that can be 'read' when we come back into the country where we 'belong'.  I hear that dogs and animals now have chips that are pretty small

My dog's got one -- they seem to be pretty standard now, inserted between the shoulder blades. The breeder told me that when the first ones were used they tended to "float" within the fatty layer under the skin. Sometimes they'd end up around the dog's chest. Makes you think twice about having one of yer own -- where's it going to end up (think gravity), and what path's it gonna take to get there?  :

Considering the value of a canadian dollar that looks to be roughly equal costs.

That was last year :D. Canada's not the cheap vacation it used to be  ;D.The Canadian dollar is worth about $.82 US this week. That works out to about $13 US / year for a passport in Canada, versus about $8.50 US / year in  the United States.

[leweee]

Considering the value of a canadian dollar that looks to be roughly equal costs.

That was last year :D. Canada's not the cheap vacation it used to be  ;D.The Canadian dollar is worth about $.82 US this week. That works out to about $13 US / year for a passport in Canada, versus about $8.50 US / year in  the United States.

Brucer.....we are canadian.....we are use to paying more for everything. :

[firtol88]

...we are canadian.....we are use to paying more for everything. :

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