Good Morning all,

I've done my research and come up with the following answers, but I wanted to check here to see if anyone can confirm/corroborate/deny my findings.

My wife and I (mostly my wife) just gave birth to our first child in Miami (I can't help showing him off - photos are here). Our child is obviously a natural-born U.S. citizen, but is entitled to Canadian citizenship because my wife and I are Canadian natural-born citizens. I am a naturalized American citizen and my wife is a U.S. permanent resident ("green card").

Naturally, we want to travel to Canada ASAP to show off our newborn to our friends and family in London, Ontario, Canada. We would like to fly MIA-YYZ and rent a car to drive to London (1.5 hrs). It looks like we can travel by air to Toronto and have no problem at Canadian immigration control using the baby's certified birth certificate and using the parents' passports.

"If U.S. citizen travelers to Canada do not have a passport, passport card or approved alternate document such as a NEXUS card, they must show a government-issued photo ID (e.g. Driver’s License) and proof of U.S. citizenship such as a U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or expired U.S. passport. Children under sixteen need only present proof of U.S. citizenship."

However, the DOS guidelines indicate that air travel to the U.S. requires passports for ALL Americans, even newborns. We will not be able to get baby farrish11 a passport in time to travel when we would like to.

"When traveling by air between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda, you are required to present a U.S. passport, except as noted below. This applies to everyone including newborns, infants and children."

The DOS guidelines also state that a birth certificate will suffice for a newborn (or any child under 16) when crossing by land (such as the Windsor-Detroit border crossing).

"U.S. and Canadian citizen children under age 16 arriving by land or sea from contiguous territory may also present an original or copy of his or her birth certificate"

Should we just fly MIA-DTW (Detroit), rent a car there, and drive to London (2.5 hrs)? It will be much more convenient to travel to/from Toronto, both for the shorter drive and the flight schedules, but I'm afraid we'll run into trouble at the YYZ U.S. customs/immigration facilities.

QUESTION: YYZ or DTW?

Thanks in advance for all of your help!