On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Craig Jungers wrote: > Actually, you can get into Canada just fine without a passport. > It's getting > back into the USA that is the problem. Potential $200 charge if you > don't > have the proper documentation (passport or an enhanced driver's > license). > Europe opens up; USA closes down. A couple of years ago my wife and I went to BC for the day. My wife, being a Japanese national, had a passport but did not have her green card with her. They gave me three choices. 1) Go back to Canada, 2) Leave her there and go home (to Kirkland) and get the green card and return, or 3) Pay $265. When I chose #2, they hummed and hawed and then withdrew that option when they saw I was serious. We also got a lecture on how lots of bad people in the world were trying to get into the USofA. I feel so much safer knowing that only terrorists who can afford $265 will be allowed into the country. Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 13 2009 - 15:06:08 PDT
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