Starting on June 1, all Americans who visit Canada have to show a passport if they want to get back into the U.S.
Well, almost.
According to The Canadian Press, “those without proper documents are given a paper that says: ‘Noncompliant.'” After this wrist-slapping they’ll be allowed to re-cross the border, but only “for the next few weeks.”
Even if your travel plans don’t include Canada, feel some empathy for the criss-crossing flower-tenders at the International Peace Garden in North Dakota, and for the poor citizens of Derby Line, Vermont, whose library straddles the border. The next time that they check out a copy of Zamboni Rodeo or a DVD of Strange Brew, they may need a library card and a passport.
If you wander north to see the taxidermy and cheese store in Ontario or the embalming fluid bottle house in British Columbia — make sure that you have a passport with you. You may think that it’s a joke, but it won’t be so funny if you end up scrubbing Alberta’s million-dollar outhouse for lumber camp rent because you didn’t have the proper papers to get back home.
According to The Canadian Press, “those without proper documents are given a paper that says: ‘Noncompliant.'” After this wrist-slapping they’ll be allowed to re-cross the border, but only “for the next few weeks.”
June 1st, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I hope that the traffic at the border doesn’t get too much worse, since the last time my mom and I drove back from Canada it was reletively crowded.