[93091] in North American Network Operators' Group
re: passports for NANOG-39, Toronto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chuck goolsbee)
Thu Oct 26 13:55:52 2006
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:54:56 -0700
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: chuck goolsbee <chucklist@forest.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 2:26 PM +0100 10/26/06, Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
>> http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html
>
>> December 31, 2007 - Passport required for all land border crossings, as
>> well as air and sea travel.
FWIW I live near the WA/BC (US/CDN) border and cross it often (at
least twice a month) for both work and social activities, and have
been using an expired US passport for the past two years with no
issues. The Canadians never even ask for it. The US border folks
occasionally hassle me a tiny bit, but never about the expired
passport (go figure). The ONLY time the expired passport was an issue
was on a flight, with my entire family from Seattle to Denver(!)
where the TSA boarding pass & ID checker in airport security nearly
didn't let me through. Again, go figure.
Yes, I need to renew, but as my world-travelling days for work are
behind me I haven't been motivated to do so.
--chuck
