Este post é para qualquer American citizens planning to visit Canada after June 1 — whether you’ll be coming on vacation or to scout out potential places to live.

If you don’t already have a passport, agora é a hora de candidatar-se a um, before new provisions of the U.S. Western Travel Hemisfério Iniciativa entrar em vigor.

Americans traveling to Canada by air already need a passport, desde E.U.A. government requires air travelers returning to the U.S. to present a passport to re-enter the country.

O que irá mudar em Junho é que these rules will apply for land and sea crossings também.

So if you’re planning to drive over the Canadian border or hop on a cross-border ferry, you’ll need to have a passport, desde E.U.A. will require you to show that passport when you return.

As an alternative, o novo EUA. Passaporte can be used for land and sea travel and is less expensive than a passport (US$45 for first-time adult applicants and $35 for all applicants under age 16). Mas o passport card is not valid for air travel, which limits its utility.

Você pode ler todos os detalhes, including the rules for children, na U.S.. Department of Homeland Security website. A Comissão de Turismo do Canadá has a somewhat clearer explanation on its website as well, tal como o EUA. Agência de Alfândega e Proteção de Fronteiras.

Para saber mais sobre o requirements for entering Canada to visit, trabalho, ou estudo, ver o Papelada 101 section of this website or contact Cidadania e Imigração do Canadá.

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