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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]U.S. citizen children under age 16 arriving by land or sea from contiguous territory may also present an original or copy of his or her birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, or a Naturalization Certificate. However, the state department and Canadian equivalent both recommend using a passport.

http://www.getyouhome.gov/html/lang_eng/eng_sa.html
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Canada is another country. I'm not sure why you would be so presumptuous as to not have a passport.[/quote]

I don't think it's presumptuous at all.  Yes it's another country, but one with which we share a (large) land border, where for a long time the requirements *were* in fact different / easier.  I'm not sure when post 9/11 they changed the rules, but I know for a fact that entry / return from Canada used to only require a driver's license.

They also issue a Passport Card (smaller, cheaper, wallet sized) for use in land or sea crossings to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.  The turn around time may also be cheaper for passport cards, but personally it seemed worth the added expense to just get an actual Passport book since we use it infrequently.  i imagine the passport card is really only worth it for folks who truly make those crossing on such a frequent basis that it's truly easier to just have a wallet sized card.[/quote]

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