[pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal

[tahoe.cat at verizon.net (Cathy)]

Hi I've been to Canada twice-1961 with my parents, my Mom was almost
detained, she was born in Mexico and she told them that, the guard saw a
voter registration slip in her purse and asked to see it, then let us
through- 1987 took my Mom and wife and a daughter. While in Montreal I
wanted to look up relatives, my Grandfather on my dads side was from Sorel
but I found over 400 with the same last name. No problem getting
back-California drivers license only--been to Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong
Kong and the Philippines-NO passport-Courtesy USMC.  What ever you do "Be
Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill    Semper Fi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Davis" <kgdavis970@earthlink.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal


> The passport is definitely the way to go.  You take no risks if you have
> one, and you'll be surprised how often you end up using it.  I got my
first
> passport back in '95 and it is due to expire in October of this year (I'd
> best get an extension).  The only reason I got it at the time was to go on
> a vacation in Mexico.  I had never travelled to places that required one
up
> to that point and didn't plan on any other use for it.
>
> Looking in my passport 10 years later, I see stamps from Mexico, the UK,
> Denmark, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Japan and Singapore.  I wouldn't
have
> been able to go to any of these places without it.  Get the passport, even
> if you can get by without it for entry into Canada, you'll use it over the
> course of 10 years time.
>
> BTW, It takes eight weeks to process a passport, so you should get right
on
> it.
>
> Ken Davis
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Chris Willett <CWillett@pierce.ctc.edu>
> > To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> > Date: 2/13/2005 11:59:29 AM
> > Subject: RE: [pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal
> >
> > You need to prove citizenship to enter the US.  A drivers license does
> not prove citizenship.  At the Peace Arch crossing, I've been repeatedly
> told that a drivers license and a birth certificate do not qualify as
> proving citizenship.  It does not matter if I think this is foolish or if
> it seems contrary to what the law requires.  The border agents have a lot
> of discretion, such as putting people through an hour question-and-answer
> session because the person happened to visit Syria and Lebanon during
their
> winter vacation.
> >
> > Entering Canada, I rarely have to show much, although I usually have my
> passport on me.
> >
> > Suge
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Christopher Willett
> > cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
> > www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
> > Pierce College
> > 9401 Farwest Drive SW.
> > Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Slyatpct@aol.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:46 PM
> > > To: Chris Willett; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net; eyakel@earthlink.net
> > > Subject: Re: [pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal
> > >
> > > In a message dated 2/12/2005 9:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> CWillett@pierce.ctc.edu writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You will need a passport no matter how you want to cross the border,
> although the drivers license and birth certificate should get you through
> with just a lecture.  Or, it might not.  Or, it might go smoothly.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, what is it?
> > >
> > > You don't NEED a passport to pass back and forth from Canada to the
> USA.
> > >
> > > I've come back from Canada, both before and after 9/11, with only a
> drivers license AND a birth certificate and had no problems whatsoever.
> > >
> > > Sly
> > >
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