Fwd: [T11.5] Reminder: Passports are the easiest travel document to use

John Lohmeyer lohmeyer at t10.org
Thu Jun 16 12:05:28 PDT 2005


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Thanks to Bob Snively for the following information regarding travel to Canada (T10 meets in Vancouver in September). The bottom line is that having a valid US Passport is a very good idea for US citizens traveling to/from Canada.


>Subject: [T11.5] Reminder:  Passports are the easiest travel document to use
>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:31:32 -0700
>From: "Robert Snively" <rsnively at Brocade.COM>
>To: <t11_2 at mail.t11.org>, <t11_3 at mail.tll.org>, <t11_5 at mail.t11.org>,
>        <members at firbrechannel.org>, <FCSpeedForum at fibrechannel.org>
>
>Current requirements for travel between the United States and Canada are
>available at:
> 
><http://www.travelcanada.ca/tc_redesign/app/en/us/travelArticle.do?catId=51>http://www.travelcanada.ca/tc_redesign/app/en/us/travelArticle.do?catId=51
> 
>and at 
> 
><http://www.frommers.com/destinations/canada/0216020032.html>http://www.frommers.com/destinations/canada/0216020032.html
> 
>The key provisions (until December 31, 2006) are:
> 
>Visas are not required for U.S. citizens entering Canada from the U.S. You will, however, need: 
>    * Proof of your U.S. citizenship such as your U.S. passport (For information on obtaining a U.S. passport, check with one of the regional passport agencies located throughout the U.S.) or certified copy of your birth certificate issued by the city, county or state in the U.S. where you were born. If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen and do not have a passport, you should travel with your naturalization certificate. A drivers license or Social Security card is NOT valid proof of citizenship. 
>    * photo identification, such as a current, valid drivers license. 
>
>All U.S. citizens entering Canada from a third country must have a valid passport.
>
>Alien permanent residents of the U.S. must present their Alien Registration Card, commonly called a Green Card.
>Note that photocopies of your birth certificate that are not certified by the issuing
>body may be refused.
> 
>If you need a passport, start now, using the information at:
> 
><http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html>http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
> 
>You can also use a service such as those advertised by googling
> 
>        obtain passport US
> 
>Your travel agent also has access to similar services.
>
>Robert Snively, Chair INCITS TC T11
>
>Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
>1745 Technology Drive
>San Jose, CA 95110
>
>+1 408 333 8135
>rsnively at brocade.com 

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