If you’re traveling between the U.S. 和加拿大, remember that 截至今日, 六月 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.

根据中美. government’s 西半球旅行计划, American citizens re-entering the U.S. need to present a passport, 一 美国. 护照卡, 一个 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 密歇根州, 纽约, 佛蒙特州, å’Œ 华盛顿, and in Canada to residents of 不列颠哥伦比亚省, 马尼托巴, 安大略, å’Œ 魁北克.

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

For more background about the passport requirements, have a look at our earlier “Passports Required” blog post. 您还可以了解更多的中美. “Get You Home” web site.

And if you want to see how these new rules are affecting line-ups at the border crossings, 检查与 加拿大边境服务局 或 美国. 海关和边境保护局.

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