Why do people think that you have to have a passport to go from the United States into Canada and vice versa?

You are correct UNTIl January 2008 all you need is a birth certificate and a Picture ID to cross the border

AFTER December 31,2007 you will need a passport

Why do people that? Because, unfortunately the governments are not doing a very good job of explaining things.

The big confusion stems from the fact is ONLY to go from Canada to the USA which has changed, not the other way around. Dates have changed faster than politician's underware too.

On January 23, 2007; by AIR you will need a passport to go from Canada to the USA. (enter and re-enter are the words used on the websites)

As soon as January 2008, by LAND and SEA you will require a passport to enter/re-enter USA.

As far as coming to Canada; thus far nothing has changed. That is where you need your proof of citizenship (org. birth certificate) and government issued picture ID. (such as a drivers license) People can also use passports as a form of ID. (and that is because in order to receive a passport you have proved to the government the entrance credentials)

That is not correct as of Jan 23, 2007

If flying by air after January 23, 2007 you will need a passport. After Jan 1st, 2008 you will either need a passport or a passcard.

Hopefully, all you will need is a passcard for land and sea except for cruises. This is supposed to be cheaper than passports.

If you work their. You will still be able to use what you have used in the past without any further ID.

January 23, 2007 YOU WILL be required to have a passport to leave the USA for Mexico or Canada by air. The year 2008 begins any of the properties owned be the USA such as the Bahamas by land or sea travel. Check out the travel.state.gov web site..It is all in there.

Get the utility for the passport and it enable you comprehend what you are able to desire to do to get one. i'm Canadian so i do no longer comprehend what the U. S. demands for a passport even nevertheless it rather is totally no longer likely it rather is something you're able to do best there. you are able to desire to get a image, and probable some different issues, fill all of it out and comprise what they want, then you particularly deliver it away and await it to come back back. you will no longer want the passport to pass into Canada yet will want it to re-enter the U. S.. Canada Border centers company internet site explains what identity you are able to desire to enter Canada. As for what else you are able to desire to comprehend approximately traveling to Canada, that partly relies upon on the place you're going and what you desire to do. you are able to many times spend US income Canada yet gets a poor substitute fee at shops. exchange some previously you come, or use your ATM or credit card while you're right here, or the two. in case you think of Canada is often chilly and which you are going to desire a iciness jacket in June, examine the climate community or different places to make certain what the ordinary temperatures are the place you would be. Your US driving force's licence is advantageous right here, as is your automobile insurance, many times, even nevertheless it not at all hurts to assessment with your insurer. purchase holiday scientific insurance because of the fact no remember what you have heard approximately wellness centers being "unfastened" in Canada, that doesn't practice to visitors.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES you MUST have a passport to cross the border by AIRPLANE--:

As of January 23, 2007, ALL persons*, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport,

Because as of Jan. 23rd, if you fly into the states or Canada, you will need a passport. This is a new regulation started in the US. They wanted to watch Mexicans more closely...and they couldn't just have the regulation for that border, so they extended it to all.

because they're misinformed, or maybe just thinking ahead, after 01/23/07 you will need a passport for such crossings, at least to re-enter the US...unless your an American national/state citizen rather then a 14th amendment corporate slave citizen, in that case your right to travel is technically protected law, but in practice this, as with most all rights of Americans, are ignored and actively suppressed...

Soooo then wouldn't a passport be the easy way to prove citzenship? Instead of carrying around your birth certificate and your driver's license...you've got it all right there in your passport.

Because one should always carry a Passport when travelling between countries.