I am headed to Saskatchewan in August and just realized my passport is way expired. Please tell me my gold star driver's license will get me into and back out of Canada.
Crossed very recently, definitely need a passport. You can easily get one by August via expedited application, MAYBE regular application. USPO can tell you when you get your photo taken, you can take your own photo but they're getting really picky, better just to pay the USPO to do it.I am headed to Saskatchewan in August and just realized my passport is way expired. Please tell me my gold star driver's license will get me into and back out of Canada.
I know my brothers had their potatoes thrown out maybe a decade agoHeaded North on Next Tuesday-
What Food (Fruits/Veggies) can you bring across?
Some sites say yes to fruits/Veggie, others are not clear, other maybe say No (but maybe that is only for commercial amounts of produce?).
Main questions are potatoes, onions, peppers, hopefully some sweet corn?
You can get a passport card, for ground transport to and from Canada, but it is really pointless, as it has all the same requirements to get a passport. Just cheaper and in the form of a card, like a license. They dont last for as long and they dont work for air/sea travel, and not to any other countries.
Basically if you plan to do any other travel ever you might as well get a Passport. But the card is useful if you plan on many trips in and out of Canada, that you would benefit in a card you can carry in a wallet.
Also there are other things to be aware of, like certain driving records they will flag and not let in. If you have a OWI conviction or even arrest you probably won't get in, except for a couple of very specific circumstances. I have had friends and coworkers turned back for this. They consider anyone with a DUI/OWI undesirable and criminally inadmissible.
Passports have been required since shortly after 9/11 for travel in/out of Canada.
Wow really, I know a couple people that have been turned around. I believe they had fairly recent ones, as within a couple years, so was fresh on their driving record, so I am sure it came up when they ran their licence, which could be how they saw it. Might be different from being the driver/car owner vs a passenger. I am also wondering if it is now being caught more with all the passports etc.My relative with three Iowa DUI's crossed the bridge with my family and I at Niagara Falls on our way to Toronto. It was never asked or offered.
Someone in our travel party had an assault conviction from the 70s in the states and had to pay a crossing fee of $1000Wow really, I know a couple people that have been turned around. I believe they had fairly recent ones, as within a couple years, so was fresh on their driving record, so I am sure it came up when they ran their licence, which could be how they saw it. Might be different from being the driver/car owner vs a passenger. I am also wondering if it is now being caught more with all the passports etc.
You even see it on most web sites when you google entry into Canada etc. That having a OWI makes it unlikely that you will be allowed in. Then again it could just depend on catching the right official etc.
I will say I havent been to Canada for several years, And have never had a OWI nor have I had any issue with entry or exit. But it was amazing hearing from coworkers etc that had trouble.
Wow really, I know a couple people that have been turned around. I believe they had fairly recent ones, as within a couple years, so was fresh on their driving record, so I am sure it came up when they ran their licence, which could be how they saw it. Might be different from being the driver/car owner vs a passenger. I am also wondering if it is now being caught more with all the passports etc.
You even see it on most web sites when you google entry into Canada etc. That having a OWI makes it unlikely that you will be allowed in. Then again it could just depend on catching the right official etc.
I will say I havent been to Canada for several years, And have never had a OWI nor have I had any issue with entry or exit. But it was amazing hearing from coworkers etc that had trouble.