If you’re traveling between the U.S. и Канада, remember that по состоянию на сегодняшний день, Июнь 1, new passport rules are in effect.

Gone are the days when you could simply drive between the U.S. and Canada with only a driver’s license to flash to the border agent.

Под U.S. government’s Западное полушарие Инициатива Путешествия, American citizens re-entering the U.S. need to present a passport, a U.S. passport card, an Enhanced Driver’s License, or a NEXUS “Trusted Traveler” card. The same rules apply to Canadian citizens heading south of the border.

Enhanced Driver’s Licenses are available in the U.S. to residents of Мичиган, Нью-Йорк, Вермонт, и Вашингтон, and in Canada to residents of Британская Колумбия, Манитоба, Онтарио, и Квебек.

These ID requirements previously applied only to air travelers, but beginning today, the new rules affect land and sea border crossings а также.

For more background about the passport requirements, have a look at our earlier “Passports Required” blog post. Ð’Ñ‹ также можете узнать на U.S. “Get You Home” web site.

And if you want to see how these new rules are affecting line-ups at the border crossings, проверить с Канадским пограничным агентством или U.S. Таможня и Агентство по охране границ.

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