BC to WA With Only Enhanced BC Licence?

No need to get nasty. I guess nobody remembers Pat Buchanan and "Canuckistan" (You can Google it) and how it was back then. Just saying we could be returning to those days and have to be realistic about how border crossing rules could change.

OP signing off---Moderator can close this thread.

GaryKH wrote:

BFL13 wrote:
I see that 11am time is for the Nexus lane. Not sure what that means for RVers who might use another lane?

Yes, it looks like a passport is the way to go for the various scenarios. (Another hassle to get one of those!)

Especially now we have a new government that is likely to get us back to being called Canuckistan any time now, so the boom could be lowered without warning any time on all this stuff.

(Yes I know politics is a no-no here, but it does apply in this case if you are going by the odds whether to get a passport or just go with the enhanced driver's licence while in the US for the next while)

Sounds like you are not happy with Canada! I suggest you'all move south & solve both problems at the same time! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Oh, & btw, that isn't politics, just pure racism.

X2...see ya jack...eh.


Gary Haupt

BFL13 wrote:
I see that 11am time is for the Nexus lane. Not sure what that means for RVers who might use another lane?

Yes, it looks like a passport is the way to go for the various scenarios. (Another hassle to get one of those!)

Especially now we have a new government that is likely to get us back to being called Canuckistan any time now, so the boom could be lowered without warning any time on all this stuff.

(Yes I know politics is a no-no here, but it does apply in this case if you are going by the odds whether to get a passport or just go with the enhanced driver's licence while in the US for the next while)

Sounds like you are not happy with Canada! I suggest you'all move south & solve both problems at the same time! Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Oh, & btw, that isn't politics, just pure racism.

I see that 11am time is for the Nexus lane. Not sure what that means for RVers who might use another lane?

Yes, it looks like a passport is the way to go for the various scenarios. (Another hassle to get one of those!)

Especially now we have a new government that is likely to get us back to being called Canuckistan any time now, so the boom could be lowered without warning any time on all this stuff.

(Yes I know politics is a no-no here, but it does apply in this case if you are going by the odds whether to get a passport or just go with the enhanced driver's licence while in the US for the next while)

Rvpapa wrote:
" Why is it a good point?

A Canadian citizen returning to Canada by air can do so with nothing but a birth certificate and regular driver's license. "

This only applies IF Homeland Security decides to allow you to board the aircraft. Which is not very likely to happen as they are legally responsible for you until Canada Customs accepts you.
Since HS is not noted for their palsy walsy style you will probably be on a Greyhound instead.
Art.

Homeland Security has nothing to do with a foreign country's entrance requirements, only safety & security.

It is the airline that determines what is good enough. But if it was a 'medical emergency' which is what we're talking about here, a person wouldn't be walking onto an airliner, no airline would ever allow an unwell person on their plane. They would be going home on a medivac flight, as was the case 2 years ago when they flew my mother home with ZERO ID with her.

" Why is it a good point?

A Canadian citizen returning to Canada by air can do so with nothing but a birth certificate and regular driver's license. "

This only applies IF Homeland Security decides to allow you to board the aircraft. Which is not very likely to happen as they are legally responsible for you until Canada Customs accepts you.
Since HS is not noted for their palsy walsy style you will probably be on a Greyhound instead.
Art.

BFL13 wrote:

tonymull wrote:
Many people have a concern that they might have to fly home for some reason instead of drive...medical emergency or something like that...and you can fly with any DL gotta have the passport.

Good point.

Why is it a good point?

A Canadian citizen returning to Canada by air can do so with nothing but a birth certificate and regular driver's license.

tonymull wrote:
Many people have a concern that they might have to fly home for some reason instead of drive...medical emergency or something like that...and you can fly with any DL gotta have the passport.

Good point.

Many people have a concern that they might have to fly home for some reason instead of drive...medical emergency or something like that...and you can fly with any DL gotta have the passport.

Thanks. The latest poster to that thread says they (WA border) only allow the BC enhanced DL starting at 11 am. True?

( It is such a hassle. DW is American (landed immigrant), has BC DL of course, but can't get BC enhanced as not a citizen. So she needs an American passport to enter the US, but not to return to Canada!!! (Has her landed immigrant card), but supposedly, I only need the enhanced BC DL to go both ways---haven't tried it since they started all this. We used to go back and forth all the time to visit her folks)