# Original Birth Certificate = Passport?

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I’d say no, unless you’re going by boat.

The same thing, with the vague and confusing “other valid travel document” part removed.

[http://travelwithkids.about.com/od/insurancedocuments/a/passports.htm](http://travelwithkids.about.com/od/insurancedocuments/a/passports.htm)

> What’s changed about Passport Requirements?  
> Before January 2007, US citizens were able to travel to Canada, Mexico, and many countries in the Caribbean without needing passports. Birth certificates and photo id were sufficient.
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> Passport ID is now required, as part of a “Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative” that the US is implementing for border security. (Read more at the US State Dept. site.)
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> The first phase of new passport requirements began January 23 2007, for air travel: all US citizens – adults and kids–need passports for air travel to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada, in order to enter or re-enter the US.
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> Arrivals by sea: cruise passengers, meanwhile, have a different date; passports won’t be required until June 1 2009, for those crossing borders by sea.

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