Traveling into Canada

Originally posted by Leo B The real ID is what you will need for domestic flights starting in October of 2018.Nothing to do with border crossing.  Those have to be either a passport card,passport or an enhanced drivers license.  He said that numerous states got an extensions and have not yet become compliant so that is probably why there is some differences.

Tell your Border Patrol friend THANKS for the scoop! It confirms what I was thinking. In Indiana, since I was renewing, I COULD have gotten an "old style" (non-compliant) license, if desired this time. However, anything NEW must be the Real ID. However, it wasn't that big of a deal and next time, maybe I can go back to renewing online.

Now, I really need to quit procrastinating and get a passport card. It's overdue for me to drive North and visit our good friends/neighbors/allies in Canada.

As Canadians who travel to the US a lot as our daughter and her family live in North Carolina, we really never have an issue with either boarder service, however, we only travel on our passports.  US customs will not accept anything else from us.  The passport really makes the crossing painless and is easier than a wallet card as you don’t have to fish out your wallet to get it.

Will be crossing the border in early June and will be staying in Banff NP for 6 nights.  I found the info here useful and can't wait for our trip.  This will be the longest trip we have ever taken with our RP.  Thanks for all the ideas and info.

Guns are a very emotional issue in the US, in Canada we have guns but much stricter rules, I would think visiting Canada you would respect our laws just as we are expected to adhere to yours.