Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:43:14 -0500
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: [BP] Reminder: True Canadian Winter Bus Campout is coming up
Saturday February 17th. (Border Crossing)
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Hi Joy,
About a month ago I ordered a birth certificate online; it showed up
in a week. I have no idea if it's as easy as that in the US. To get a
passport here you have a MUCH longer form, that also requires a
photograph and personal and professional references that affirm you
are who the passport says you are. And the passport offices are a
nightmare at the moment.
As I said; if you have a passport then use it. If not: don't sweat
it. You have until the end of the year before a passport is a
requirement for crossing the border.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
On 11-Feb-07, at 12:23 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
> Who has a birth certificate, though? I sure don’t! And getting
> one of those would be harder than getting a passport, I suspect.
> Though I suppose folks who have had a passport need a birth
> certificate in order to get one – the rest of us just bring an old
> passport to get a new one. Preferably done at a US consulate
> overseas, it’s much quicker!
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> Joy
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> From: Greg Potts [mailto:greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA]
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: Joy Hecht
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [BP] Reminder: True Canadian Winter Bus Campout is
> coming up Saturday February 17th. (Border Crossing)
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> Hi Joy,
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> Really, the process is the same at the Canada/US border; passport
> or not. The border guards there have been working with birth
> certificates and photo-ID for years.
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> They ask your citizenship. You answer. They ask for paperwork, you
> hand it over. They look at it. They ask additional questions, or
> don't. Once they're happy, they wave you through.
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> If you already have a passport it won't hurt to bring it; but if
> you don't then STAY AWAY from the passport offices for a month or
> two. Federal (US AND CANADA) passport offices are so busy dealing
> with the sudden overload that on the US side they're having to stay
> open on Sundays.
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> Happy Trails,
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> Greg Potts
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> 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
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> www.pottsfamily.ca
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> On 11-Feb-07, at 11:36 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:
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> But getting back into the US is likely to be easier if you do have a
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> Relevant for the grand Labrador excursion, too!
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