In at least some U.S. states you can now get an "enhanced" drivers license which you can use in lieu of a passport for crossings to/from Canada, Mexico, and IIRC some portions of the Caribbean. I've tried it, it works. Maybe they have a similar Canadian offering?
stan On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I haven't crossed the border for years. My last time was likely around 5 or 6 > years ago. Don't know how much more difficult it may be now, but as I no > longer have a passport I'm not even trying. > > Anyway, as others have said, it can be hit-or-miss. Sometimes short and easy, > other times long and arduous. And that's going both ways. > > I think much of it has to do with the border guard lottery. These guys have a > lot if discretion. If they're in a good mood you're in like flint. If they're > having a bad day or maybe they're only checking 1 out of 3 and you're number > two, you're okay. Smaller crossing stations in the dead of the night tend to > work well. Larger ones on a holiday weekend, forget about it. Try getting > from Buffalo to Fort Erie on the afternoon of a holiday Monday - I have. No > fun. > > This guy just had a bad draw is all. > > Having no fixed address didn't help his chances either. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> > Sent: February 18, 2012 2/18/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: OT - Canadian photographer denied entry to USA > > Interesting post by David duChemin on his PixelatedImage blog. > > http://www.pixelatedimage.com/blog/2012/02/deported/ > > It seems that the US has finally understood the threat posed by those > from the north.... > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
