I remember when you could do that with a short form birth certificate
and a regular old drivers license from pretty much anywhere in the US,
and they didn't have pictures on the licenses. But I'm old and I
remember when both Canada and the US were more or less free countries.
On 2/19/2012 8:14 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
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
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From: Brian Walters<[email protected]>
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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....
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Brian
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Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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