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We are all heading down to TN tonight from different parts of Ontario, and my brother just realized his passport expired 2 weeks ago! There is a chance for 24hr expedited passport, but he'd have to go to Ottawa for that tomorrow, and wouldn't get it till Thursday at the earliest. By then his ride will be long gone and he can’t afford to fly.
I told him to try crossing the border anyway, as it is only 90 min from his home, and the worst thing they can do is turn him away. I’m really really hoping they let him in, but not sure how likely they will let that slide.
We are all heading down to TN tonight from different parts of Ontario, and my brother just realized his passport expired 2 weeks ago! There is a chance for 24hr expedited passport, but he'd have to go to Ottawa for that tomorrow, and wouldn't get it till Thursday at the earliest. By then his ride will be long gone and he can’t afford to fly.
I told him to try crossing the border anyway, as it is only 90 min from his home, and the worst thing they can do is turn him away. I’m really really hoping they let him in, but not sure how likely they will let that slide.
We are all heading down to TN tonight from different parts of Ontario, and my brother just realized his passport expired 2 weeks ago! There is a chance for 24hr expedited passport, but he'd have to go to Ottawa for that tomorrow, and wouldn't get it till Thursday at the earliest. By then his ride will be long gone and he can’t afford to fly.
I told him to try crossing the border anyway, as it is only 90 min from his home, and the worst thing they can do is turn him away. I’m really really hoping they let him in, but not sure how likely they will let that slide.
Soooo bummed.
Bummer, dude. Yeah, they may let him through the border. I have friends in the NE who have traveled to and from Canada wihtout their passports. You never know!
Post by riversideroo on Jun 11, 2013 14:21:10 GMT -5
If you are going to cross, I would cross the Blue Water Bridge. It's a bit more relaxed than Windsor. I live about 2 miles from the Blue Water bridge and cross there all the time.
I would also bring your original birth certificate as well as a few photo id's. Before needing a passport you just needed a birth certificate and photo id so if you have those along with a matching 2 week expired passport that may work?
I would also bring your original birth certificate as well as a few photo id's. Before needing a passport you just needed a birth certificate and photo id so if you have those along with a matching 2 week expired passport that may work?
This is exactly what I told him. I'm hoping if he brings every piece of ID possible, it will help him.
riversideroo he was going to be crossing in Detroit, but is now gonna try crossing at Thousand Islands as that is closest to where he lives (Kingston) so it wouldn't be a long drive back if he gets rejected.
A few of my friends have said you can still cross without the passport as long as you have a lot of ID and you may have to go inside to fill out some paperwork. Sounds promising!
We're crossing at different parts of the province and I think we'll be crossing before they do, so I likely won't know if he is in until we are already in Michigan. But if I get wifi somewhere, I'll update the situation!
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Post by tealeyedangel on Jun 11, 2013 15:27:25 GMT -5
Fingers crossed! Hopefully they let him pass with a lot of Identification and his expired Passport, tell him to bring any and every photo proof of identification, Birth Certificate, (not sure if Canada has Social security cards or something of the like) even work tax forms might help never know. Here's to the stars aligning for him!
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Post by chicojuarz on Jun 11, 2013 17:53:21 GMT -5
Back in the day, I crossed into Canada, but was detained coming back into the US. Be careful with it. Just because you get in doesnt mean you'll get back out without trouble at the border.
I think if you have photo ID AND you take the expired passport you will be fine. The expired passport number should be still be cool with the lookup systems on both sides, assuming your brother is not wanted for something..
Years ago (pre-911) I was taking my family to Canada for a camping trip . When we tried to go into Canada, the Canadian Immigrations dudette asked for identification cards for my 3 and 5 year old daughters. Of course, we didn't have anything for them. The dudette went completely off, going on about kidnapping children, yada yada yada. Really worked herself up, tearing me a new one for being a bad parent, and by now the wife and kids are all crying. So I politely tell her that if she would allow us to turn around, we would be happy to spend our vacation money in the USA. She looked at me for a second and said: "welcome to Canada, enjoy your stay."
Back in the day, I crossed into Canada, but was detained coming back into the US. Be careful with it. Just because you get in doesnt mean you'll get back out without trouble at the border.
This is very, very true. About 8 years ago I went to Mexico City with my family and while we were in the departure terminal, my dad realised he'd left his green card at home. They would have let him out of the country no problem, but getting back in would have been such an enormous headache.
If you can't get it all squared away with the passport agency in time, tell your brother to bring every form of gov't-issued ID he has, including the expired passport. Best of luck with everything.
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Growing up in Buffalo it's so weird how hard it now is to get into Canada. I crossed over shortly after 9/11 and the only security precaution they took was asking me to take off my sunglasses at the check point. My fiancee took a wrong turn and accidentally crossed into Canada. Twice.
I'm going to have to get myself a passport at some point soon...
Growing up in Buffalo it's so weird how hard it now is to get into Canada. I crossed over shortly after 9/11 and the only security precaution they took was asking me to take off my sunglasses at the check point. My fiancee took a wrong turn and accidentally crossed into Canada. Twice.
I'm going to have to get myself a passport at some point soon...
This. Everything. This.
I used to make it a habit of crossing into Niagara Falls a few times a week. Never a problem. More times than not they didn't even check my ID.
Needless to say, I haven't been to Canada since 08.
