Last week my 21 yr. old tells me he and 2 friends will drive to Toronto for a long weekend. They are planning to leave on 6/25. Last night I happened to ask if he had his Passport which he had taken for a Spring Break trip last year. He doesn't know where it is!!!!

Today he tells me that he can enter Canada with his Driver's License and Birth Certificate. Is this true? It is not what I am reading on the State Department's Website!

This is what the Ontario website says:

Documentation Requirements

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As of June 1, 2009, all travellers, including US citizens 16 years of age or over, entering the United States from Canada by air, land or water will be required to have a passport or other travel document approved by the Department of Homeland Security.

The US Embassy posts this:

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The USA will require a passport or other specified documentation for entry into the U.S. from Canada and from all other countries. This will affect both Americans and Canadians.

Since January 2007, a passport has been required to enter or leave the U.S. by air. The requirements for land and sea travel will go into effect no later than June 2009.

No where can I find a record of what this 'specific documentation' might be.

He must have a Western Hemisphere compliant document to reenter the US as of June 1st. Here is a full list of the documents. A drivers license and birth certificate are not longer sufficient for re-entry. They were before June 1st. He'll need to find his passport.

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Originally posted by Marta:
He must have a Western Hemisphere compliant document to reenter the US as of June 1st.

Yep. And here's the official word, from the US State Department's website.