F*uck!
So I’m sitting here in niagara falls on my way to visit Bing, but I totally forgot my birth certificate!
Now I have 2 options;
go back home and get it… Which will (with rush hour traffic) add almost 2 hours onto this trip…
go for it. I found a copy of my birthcertificate in the truck… But it’s just that; a Photo Copy!
What would you do? I tried calling Minglor for advice, but apparently the number I have for him is for some old woman now, lol
photocopy is fine, i never bring my real one
It will only matter on the way back. Photocopy will work.
Cool. I even bought extra copies to put in my vehicles just in case I randomly wanted to cross over, but I forgot to put them in :ham:
On my way over… We’ll see what happends lol
Re-Edit.
Stay out of there.
Made it! The guy at the border did give me a hard time though saying “you know, you can change stuff on a copy right?”
Allllll worth it for the home cooked Chineese food I’m about to eat
Jam
May 6, 2008, 2:47pm
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haha and i just pm’d you lol
yeah they let us thru with just ID’s a month ago.
Tho the guy did tell me I was supposed to have a birth certificate.
JayS
May 6, 2008, 4:58pm
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They’re still warning right now I believe.
But officially, a copy will not work when they start cracking down. It has to have the official seal, so either get a passport, carry your original, or get a real copy from the county that will include the seal.
Or wait for the enhanced license and get one of those.
RobtC
May 6, 2008, 7:21pm
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those who frequent canada often can get a passport card good for land travel back into the us. it’s only $20. better than nexus.
Thanks for the PMs guys :tup:
Yeah, extra copies of my certificate were only $7 each or something cheap like that.
Get a passport and save all the headache.
You spend enough money on gizmos and gadgets that I am shocked you dont have a passport.
I’ve been there a few dozen times and I don’t think I ever brought anything more than a license. Are they really cracking down now?