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Location: Planet Meltdown | I'm traving to Canada from the US next month for a week and my US passport expires in sept. Will I have issues at the boarder or should I just bite the bullet and pay for expedited service to renew it?
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Location: The desert | Next month is July? Will you return before September?
If it isn't expired during your travel dates, why would you have issues? If something is not expired, it's still valid. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | I've heard some countries will not allow you to enter if your passport expires within 6 months because that's how long you are normally allowed to stay at one time. I wasn't sure if Canada is strict on this or not.
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| When you go through customs they will ask you where you are going and length of stay. I cannot say for certain because I had a new passport, but I would imagine that you would be fine provided your stay would end prior to when your passport expired.
At that rate I am not sure if you would even be able to renew your passport prior to your trip. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | if traveling by car ( which I assume) you do not legally even need a passport to enter Canada. The only reason they ask for one is because they know the United States requires you have one to come back into the US. So no, you will have zero issues |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Musky Brian - I believe the only way you cross over by car without a passport is if you have a advanced drivers license. That all changed when they implemented the Western Hemisphere travel initiative. |
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| brianT - 6/26/2014 12:51 PM
Musky Brian - I believe the only way you cross over by car without a passport is if you have a advanced drivers license. That all changed when they implemented the Western Hemisphere travel initiative.
The WHTI has absolutely nothing to do with crossing the border into Canada.
Crossing the border back into the States, yes, but not into Canada.
Brian only mentioned crossing into Canada.
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Location: The desert | brianT - 6/26/2014 7:37 AM
I've heard some countries will not allow you to enter if your passport expires within 6 months because that's how long you are normally allowed to stay at one time. I wasn't sure if Canada is strict on this or not.
Best bet is to just give them a call. I can't imagine you'd have an issue. I'm not sure expedited service would get it to you in time, not sure what their processing times are these days. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | tswoboda - 6/26/2014 1:21 PM
brianT - 6/26/2014 12:51 PM
Musky Brian - I believe the only way you cross over by car without a passport is if you have a advanced drivers license. That all changed when they implemented the Western Hemisphere travel initiative.
The WHTI has absolutely nothing to do with crossing the border into Canada.
Crossing the border back into the States, yes, but not into Canada.
Brian only mentioned crossing into Canada.
what he said...that is ONLY a US Law, and as I mentioned the Canadians ask for it because they know the US requires it on the way back.... |
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Location: E. Tenn | From the Homeland Security website.
http://www.dhs.gov/crossing-us-borders
I'd just obtain and maintain a passport. That said, you have a valid passport and will be returning to the US before it expires. You're good to go.
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Location: On The Water | Why not just fly to Mexico from Canada and walk back? Everybodys doing it... |
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Location: Minnesota. | Muskelunch - 6/26/2014 3:52 PM
Why not just fly to Mexico from Canada and walk back? Everybodys doing it...
Got a huge grin out'a that one this morning, thanx!
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| Don`t pay for service only takes two weeks anyway. I`m the one guy they never sent birth cert back. Got passport but no birth cert. Lucky I had two. Wonder what ever happened to that. Only took two weeks though. |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | muskyrat - 6/28/2014 11:19 AM
Don`t pay for service only takes two weeks anyway. I`m the one guy they never sent birth cert back. Got passport but no birth cert. Lucky I had two. Wonder what ever happened to that. Only took two weeks though. I got my Birth certificate back in 4 days that was for So.Dak may have been the only one they had to send out that week. |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | ChinWhiskers - 6/28/2014 5:27 PM
muskyrat - 6/28/2014 11:19 AM
Don`t pay for service only takes two weeks anyway. I`m the one guy they never sent birth cert back. Got passport but no birth cert. Lucky I had two. Wonder what ever happened to that. Only took two weeks though. I got my Birth certificate back in 4 days that was for So.Dak may have been the only one they had to send out that week. |
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