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Location: brooklyn park mn | Does anyone know if my wife would need a new passport since we just got married at end of January? She just got a passport to canada last year with old last name of course. If not, anyone know what she would need to cross? |
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| I think she's gotta get a new one. I remember my wife rushing around after we got married to get hers before we went to the bahamas. She was worried it wouldn't arrive in time, I told her i dont know how,but I'll have as much fun as I can without you dear, if you don't get it. |
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| If she kept the one she had and took a copy of the marriage license with her along with other identifying documents, that should work...If I recall correctly, that is what my wife did when we went to Jamaica for our honeymoon in 2004 and we were fine. |
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| you may want to contact the Dept of Homelan Securuity and Borders as I am sure it would not be a good day if you got ot the border and you could not enter???l |
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Location: Walker, MN | She could also get the new enhanced driver license and be good to go for Canada and Mexico.
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | On the other hand you could get in She would have to stay behind. Oh that's right you were just married, I was thinking of an older married couple... :-O)))) |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Getting married doesn't invalidate your wife's passport. What if she chose not to change her name - how would Canada know ? I suppose the only catch in that logic is if she changed her name on all of her other IDs, driver's license, etc. but why would they need to see more than a passport anyway ?
My wife flies all over the world on a passport still in her maiden name. Nobody has blinked an eye or asked any questions. I imagine you would experience the same. |
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| In my experience, going into Canada... They could care less. Half the time I go they don't even ask me for identification. They have no idea who we are and they let us right in. And you dont need a passport or enhanced license to get back into the states, it's all a bunch of bull. If you don't have it they will give you a little pamphlet explaining up and down why you need a passport, but on the back in fine print it will say that if you don't have it in the future to just expect additional minor delays at the border. And by minor, I mean a minute or two extra that's all. It's a joke. Good luck.
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| My wife has gone to Canada with her old passport for 3 years now, no issues. |
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| Interesting post bryantukkah, just where do you cross the border where they don't ask for identification? |
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| Right! Threw a culvert pipe? I've Ben there for more than a few minutes before,maybe even a half hour. For minor stuff.Depends on who you get,somedays I guess. I'd call or stop in there ahead of time to get it straight from the horses mouth.Good luck. |
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| Make sure your wife has a copy of your marriage certificate and a copy of birth certificate along with her old passport. Took my wife to LOTW & Mexico now several times with her maiden name on her passport. No issues. We did call both countries/reps before traveling just to be sure. |
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Location: MN | You do not need a passport to enter Canada. Another myth. Copy of your drivers license and birth certificate is all you need. If you got married and had a name change a marriage cert would be a good idea to have. I crossed two years ago with just my ID and birth cert. Call the Canadian custom office to make sure it hasn't changed. Passport helps but not necessary. |
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| Assume you'll be driving but if you fly, the name on your flight ticket and passport must match exactly. My wife did have issues with having her maiden name on her passport and married name on her ticket. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Nershi - 3/26/2014 11:33 AM
You do not need a passport to enter Canada. Another myth. QUOTE]
yes..that may be a myth, but just about every time I cross the first words out of their mouth are " passports please". They ask for them because they know you need one coming back...
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Location: MN | Musky Brian - 3/26/2014 11:35 AM
Nershi - 3/26/2014 11:33 AM
You do not need a passport to enter Canada. Another myth. QUOTE]
yes..that may be a myth, but just about every time I cross the first words out of their mouth are " passports please". They ask for them because they know you need one coming back...
You do not need one coming back. Call the customs offices to verify but last I checked you did not need a passport going either way.
It worked out fine for me. They never even questioned it going both ways. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | " Passport??? but...officer....some guy on the fish message board said I don't need one...isn't that good enough???" |
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Location: Shoepack | My buddies and I crossed at Fort Francis this past fall. One of us forgot his passport. At neither crossing event was that an issue. We sailed on through both ways without even a slight delay. |
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Location: Oswego, IL | The only issue that could happen is if you do happened to get pulled, they go through your belongings notice her DL and documents don't match her passport. You'll have explaining to do but you should be fine. Passports sure don't take long to get these days.. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | how long til winter is over? sheeesh! |
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| My buddy has gone the last 2 years without a passport. And also another buddy planned on bringing his 2 kids last year and I told him he better get them passports. He called Canadian and US customs. Passport not required.
I would get one for ease and to be safe. But from what I know it's not required. |
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| I live at the northwest angle, and can confidently say you do not need a passport. Also the US side are the ones that "would like you to have one" So if your worried about the maiden name deal, use a drivers license they come in the mail fairly quickly right? Canadians won't even blink, and the US side MIGHT say to get a passport. In which case explain the situation and they'll totally understand. Customs agents are human too |
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| Pepper - 3/26/2014 11:34 AM
Interesting post bryantukkah, just where do you cross the border where they don't ask for identification?
I live in buffalo, ny. We go into canada all the time, loaded trucks, boats in tow, the whole nine yards. I'd say maybe 20 percent of the time do they even ask for Identification going into Canada. If they do, they only ever want a drivers license, and they don't look at it for more than 3 seconds. Went across in Detroit last fall... Same thing. The guy glanced at my license, not long enough to really see anything and said go ahead... With a boat in tow and a fully loaded SUV. I came back across the border with a friend of mine recently, all he had was a drivers license... The border cop told him he should get a passport or enhanced license... Gave us the "pamphlet" and we were on our way in 45 seconds rather than the usual 15 seconds. Guess that's what they meant by "additional delays." You don't honestly believe they're not going to let you back into your own country do you? Hey, if you're going all the time I'd suggest getting a passport, but if you're only going once in a long while... You don't "need" one. Taking off your hat and sunglasses, rolling down ALL your windows, looking them in the eye when they're talking to you, and not stuttering will get you a lot further a lot easier than an enhanced license ever will. Good luck. |
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| Birth certificates... Absolutely not needed... Ever. They are as antiquated as the carbon copy or ditto you might have it copied on. While you're at it make sure you bring your Rolodex, plenty of quarters for the pay phone, and your Walkman or boom box. |
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Location: MN | bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 11:06 AM
Birth certificates... Absolutely not needed... Ever. They are as antiquated as the carbon copy or ditto you might have it copied on. While you're at it make sure you bring your Rolodex, plenty of quarters for the pay phone, and your Walkman or boom box.
Are you speaking from any facts or information?
I was told by US and Canadian customs that a birth cert with a valid ID will get you accross and guess what....they weren't lying. |
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Location: The desert | bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 10:06 AM
Birth certificates... Absolutely not needed... Ever. They are as antiquated as the carbon copy or ditto you might have it copied on. While you're at it make sure you bring your Rolodex, plenty of quarters for the pay phone, and your Walkman or boom box.
Try and take a minor step child across the border without one. |
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| Who's talking about small children? Obviously it would be pertinent then seeing how children have no other forms of ID. As an adult, you're wasting your time. Bring your passport or enhanced license if you have one, otherwise a state drivers license will suffice. That was my point. Sounds to me like the guys asking dont cross the border that often. I've probably crossed over 100 times, mostly in the last couple years, I'm sharing my experience that's all. Crossing the canadian border is really not that big of a deal its just been made out to seem like one recently. If someone is really that concerned, I hope they would actually contact the proper authorities and not go purely on some guys word off an Internet forum anyways. |
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Location: The desert | bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 2:49 PM
Who's talking about small children? Obviously it would be pertinent then seeing how children have no other forms of ID. As an adult, you're wasting your time. Bring your passport or enhanced license if you have one, otherwise a state drivers license will suffice. That was my point. Sounds to me like the guys asking dont cross the border that often. I've probably crossed over 100 times, mostly in the last couple years, I'm sharing my experience that's all. Crossing the canadian border is really not that big of a deal its just been made out to seem like one recently. If someone is really that concerned, I hope they would actually contact the proper authorities and not go purely on some guys word off an Internet forum anyways.
You said birth certificates are not need....Ever.
You were wrong. |
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| Nershi - 3/27/2014 4:05 PM
bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 11:06 AM
Birth certificates... Absolutely not needed... Ever. They are as antiquated as the carbon copy or ditto you might have it copied on. While you're at it make sure you bring your Rolodex, plenty of quarters for the pay phone, and your Walkman or boom box.
Are you speaking from any facts or information?
I was told by US and Canadian customs that a birth cert with a valid ID will get you accross and guess what....they weren't lying.
Facts? Maybe. Information? Maybe. Mainly just experiences. Lots of them. Did they come right out and tell you you need a birth certificate? Or did you pose a question like "if I bring these 2 things will I get over the border?" And they said yes to it? If you put words into their mouths, things can be interpreted differently. Was that also from 2 years ago, when you said you crossed the border? I'm talking about a couple weeks ago, and a couple weeks before that, and a couple weeks or so before that and so on for years. If you were to ask now, they would probably tell you that you NEED a passport or enhanced license, I'm telling you that we haven't. Again, from experience, they let us right through. No additional questions asked. |
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| Thanks mike. You were right! |
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Location: The desert | bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 3:11 PM
Thanks mike. You were right!
I know.
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Location: brooklyn park mn | Thanks for all the replies guys. So she needs to get name changed here soon and renew drivers license by june anyways/ what is the new enhanced drivers liscene all about? Still think a phone call to customs will make me sleep easier as noted in thread.
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| Pointerpride102 - 3/27/2014 5:16 PM
I know.
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Sweet bro!!! Thanks!!! (from the community as a whole) for that great post! Best of luck with the stepchild. |
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| OK bryantukkah I asked and you told us where you cross w/o ID. Many of us folks in the Midwest cross at IF or Baudette MN It has been my experience is that they want ID (passports) and they run each of them while they ask questions like where are you going and how long are you staying and how much booze are you bringing. I guess that is why it can take as long as a two or three hour what to get across. That and there are rarely more that three lines open at one time. As far as coming back I guess it was the US that said after 9/11 that passports were required as a law abiding citizens of course my group went out and got ours. |
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Location: Money, PA | I just got off the phone with the "passport" people....You CAN enter Canada with just a valid driver's license, however, upon return you will most likely have to go to the embassy (so its the US side who has the requirements)....eventually letting you back into the USA of course, but who wants to go through that?
Therefore: One of these 4 items is a REQUIREMENT to get back through the checkpoint normally.
- Passport
- Passport card
- Enhanced dirver's license
- Birth certificate (children)
Its NO longer 1984
G'Day gentlemen....Its time to go fishing!!
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Location: The desert | bryantukkah - 3/27/2014 9:35 PM
Pointerpride102 - 3/27/2014 5:16 PM
I know.
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Sweet bro!!! Thanks!!! (from the community as a whole ) for that great post! Best of luck with the stepchild.
Hardly a great post. I merely corrected the inaccuracy of your statement. |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Well!!! It maybe that you don't need a passport. But I'll guarantee that if you have one it's better and easier! Why not get one? Doug Johnson |
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