Can I travel from Canada to USA without passport?
Mar 20, 2019, 4:51 am
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I learned something new yesterday. Prior to boarding my flight to YEG, the UA gate agent announced that all passengers must present a valid passport OR a Nexus card along with their boarding pass when boarding the flight. I asked the gate agent about this, stating I never heard this before. She mentioned it's not new but maybe most gate agents just mention a passport.
Nor is it new or old for US citizens to be able to legally enter Canada by land with a regular US state driving license in the same name and citizenship as indicated by a US state birth certificate and then re-enter the US by land with those exact same two documents. It's still done often, without an EDL.
Mar 22, 2019, 10:22 pm
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Only big problem I see if departing Canadian airport with pre-clearance to US is the you are not allow into the the pre-clearance area nor the CATSA security before that without valid document to enter the US (passport, Nexus or passport with valid visa)
Mar 27, 2019, 6:41 am
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Entering US, you technically don’t need a passport with NEXUS. It’s documented in CFR. In reality, CBP may ask for passport and most airlines will ask for passport.
Entering Canada, you technically don’t need a passport either especially with NEXUS and in practice CBSA rarely ask (less so than CBP). But again most airlines will ask.
Notable exceptions are Air Canada and Porter (never flew WestJet).
Mar 27, 2019, 7:18 am
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TIMATIC is entirely correct. But, carriers are free to set their own requirements above those required by the destination country. I am not sure why one would do that, but they have done so in the past.
Mar 27, 2019, 9:45 am
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And I’ve had similar conversations or a more technical nature with LH for example with them telling me I am responsible for knowing the rules. The problem is I do know the rules, airlines don’t seem to!