# Canada; birth cert + photo id or passport only? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886 "2009-01-25T13:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/21 "2009-01-27T06:30:19Z")
do you believe everything you read on the internet? i asked a while back also, just like a GPS, or google maps, there is a disclaimer to do a reality check so you don’t drive off a closed bridge b/c the GPS said there was a road there… let us think back to how many revisions there have been with passport requirements and the canadian border… let’s ask how many passport deadlines have been put in place and then changed, again, and again. after that, let us reread your post and :picard: > [@JayS](#): > > [http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=us+customs+land+travel](http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=us+customs+land+travel) > > ^ That is probably my new 2nd favorite site on the internet, right behind the real google. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/22 "2009-01-27T07:09:57Z")
> [@Drexial](#): > > When I crossed the boarder a few months ago two people had passports One had just a license and I had license and birth certificate. The US agent on the way back was yelling and swearing at the kid that only brought his license, it was fucked up. i call complete b.s. on the officer swearing at you because you didnt have a birth certificate… ---
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/23 "2009-01-29T20:09:24Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > i call complete b.s. on the officer swearing at you because you didnt have a birth certificate… He didn’t hold back phrases like “don’t try and fuck with me son” were said and “that’s bull shit that you didn’t know” ---
**Author:** ![Moruitelda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/moruitelda/32/5348_2.png) [@Moruitelda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Moruitelda)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/24 "2009-01-29T20:12:03Z")
I’m probably going Saturday, and don’t have my birth cert. copy or original. If I get held up, I’m an American, what are they going to do, throw me in Guantanamo? ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/25 "2009-01-30T07:58:14Z")
> [@Drexial](#): > > He didn’t hold back phrases like “don’t try and fuck with me son” were said and “that’s bull shit that you didn’t know” do you have a name to back that up with? i would really like to speak to whoever it was. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/26 "2009-01-30T08:39:50Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > do you believe everything you read on the internet? i asked a while back also, just like a GPS, or google maps, there is a disclaimer to do a reality check so you don’t drive off a closed bridge b/c the GPS said there was a road there… > > let us think back to how many revisions there have been with passport requirements and the canadian border… let’s ask how many passport deadlines have been put in place and then changed, again, and again. > > after that, let us reread your post and :picard: Did you even click on the first link that search returns you moron? It’s from [cbp.gov](http://cbp.gov), aka, the people in charge of these requirements. You talk of believing stuff you see on the internet… well I can guarantee that getting the requirements straight from the people enforcing them will be far more useful that reading 2 pages of posts from nyspeeders. Then, if you want even more OFFICIAL details you can click on the document requirements link and read the PDF straight from [cbp.gov](http://cbp.gov), where it explains you’re safe with a DL and BC until AT LEAST June of 09. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/27 "2009-01-30T08:42:19Z")
oh I see ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/28 "2009-01-30T08:44:40Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > well I can guarantee that getting the requirements straight from the people enforcing them will be far more useful that reading 2 pages of posts from nyspeeders. hahaha are you suggesting some of us are not subject matter experts? hows this… GO GET A FUCKING PASSPORT /thread ---
**Author:** ![Afrank45](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afrank45/32/5021_2.png) [@Afrank45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Afrank45)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/29 "2009-01-30T08:45:11Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Did you even click on the first link that search returns you moron? It’s from [cbp.gov](http://cbp.gov), aka, the people in charge of these requirements. You talk of believing stuff you see on the internet… well I can guarantee that getting the requirements straight from the people enforcing them will be far more useful that reading 2 pages of posts from nyspeeders. > > Then, if you want even more OFFICIAL details you can click on the document requirements link and read the PDF straight from [cbp.gov](http://cbp.gov), where it explains you’re safe with a DL and BC until AT LEAST June of 09. point, set, match ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/30 "2009-01-30T08:50:44Z")
> [@Afrank45](#): > > point, set, match It’s been a long week but the newbs here are setting new marks for stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/31 "2009-01-30T08:53:13Z")
i thought i ended this thread :roflpicard: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/32 "2009-01-30T08:58:06Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > hahaha are you suggesting some of us are not subject matter experts? > > hows this… > > GO GET A FUCKING PASSPORT > > /thread Well, some. Not you. Please don’t have my car torn apart next time I cross. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/33 "2009-01-30T09:01:40Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Well, some. Not you. Please don’t have my car torn apart next time I cross. 😉 lolz \<3 ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/34 "2009-01-30T09:02:18Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > [http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=us+customs+land+travel](http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=us+customs+land+travel) > > ^ That is probably my new 2nd favorite site on the internet, right behind the real google. HAHAHAHH… that is great!!! ---
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/35 "2009-02-01T15:56:49Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > do you have a name to back that up with? i would really like to speak to whoever it was. We were so thrown off by that fact that it was happening that we didn’t even think to get his name. When he finally let us go we sat there in silence for a bit until the shock went away. We were also coming back at like 2 am and were really too tired to even comprehend it at the time. it was also a few months ago now, and even if we did I don’t think any of us would remember it now. ---
**Author:** ![eMKay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/emkay/32/7428_2.png) [@eMKay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eMKay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/36 "2009-02-01T16:17:11Z")
Just tell him to get his passport, that goes for everyone else too. I’m tired of waiting behind unprepared people at the border. At Detroit the guard actually thanked me for having proper ID. When you have a passport it takes less than 5 seconds to clear customs. ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/37 "2009-02-01T16:26:42Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#): > > e ieatpaint and 05orangess crossed on Saturday they def want people to know june1st. you may have the wrong person, as I’ve never met you, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886/38 "2009-02-01T17:09:17Z")
> [@eMKay](#): > > Just tell him to get his passport, that goes for everyone else too. I’m tired of waiting behind unprepared people at the border. At Detroit the guard actually thanked me for having proper ID. > > When you have a passport it takes less than 5 seconds to clear customs. He had a passport, I don’t understand why he didn’t bring it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/canada-birth-cert-photo-id-or-passport-only/61886.md?page=1)