> crg14624 wrote:
>
> > Both US and Canadian passports are often obtained fraudulently
> > so they
> > don't mean much. The millenium bomber was issued a Canadian
> > passport,
> > but wasn't Canadian.
> > People at the border are subject to search each and every time
> > they
> > cross. Unfortunetly, they seem to be wasting time searching
> > your
> > vehicle when you cross. It would be harassment if the
> > government kept
> > coming to your house and searching your car. You keep coming
> > to them.
> > --
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>
> Tried the Ambassador Bridge today and had no problem at all, though
> the
> agent didn't take or scan my passport. It's only when the agent
> bothers to look at the computer that I have a problem. All I was
> asked
> today was where I lived (the agent seemed perplexed when he saw that I
> had an Ontario-plated car but was holding up a U.S. passport), and
> then
> whether I had "landed" in Canada. I told him I had dual citizenship
> from birth, and that seemed to satisfy him. I'll keep trying the
> Bridge. Who knows, maybe all the worst agents are sent to work at the
> Tunnel.
>
> As to U.S. passports being essentially worthless, then why bother with
> them? Didn't the Bush Administration just make passports required
> documentation for border crossing in the next year or two? I would
> think that Homeland Security agents are able to tell whether a U.S.
> passport is forged or not. As to Canadian passports, the rules have
> been tightened considerably. The weak point seemed to be the
> acceptance of Quebec baptismal certificates, but that has been
> eliminated now. In fact, I would say that the Canadian rules (at
> least
> in Ontario) for simply getting a birth certificate are the strictest
> in
> North America! Not only is a person only allowed one birth
> certificate
> at a time (and a police report must be filed if it's lost), but an
> applicant must have a guarantor (person in a profession, such as
> doctor
> or lawyer) who will certify that he/she has known the applicant for at
> least two years!
Actually cannot use Quebec baptismal certificates any longer. Last year
when my husband applied for his new passport as the old one expired
(there is no renewal of passports in Canada btw), he had to have his
Quebec BC. Luckily for him he had just such a guarantor here in the
States to do his paperwork. Although I believe you can have it waived.
--
I'm not an attorney. This disclaimer is valid in NYS!
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