Passports

[belle22]

Does our children 5 and 7 need a passport to go to Canada?

 

[clanmcculloch]

Well, they only need birth certificates to go Canada from the US. To get back into the US from Canada though they'll need either a Passport or a NEXUS card.

 

[DeniseinNS]

Yes, everyone needs a passport to travel to another country.

 

[Justsyd2]

While they won't need one to go to Canada, they will need one to return to the US.

 

[crashbb]

Driving or flying? And when.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

As PP stated, returning to the US is the problem. You can use a passport card for them, which is less expensive and only good for travel to Canada and Mexico, too, I think. You will need their birth certificates to cross the border, too.

 

[SaraJayne]

While they won't need one to go to Canada, they will need one to return to the US.

Right. Getting into Canada without a passport/passport card is no problem...it's getting back into the US that could be tricky.

 

[SaraJayne]

As PP stated, returning to the US is the problem. You can use a passport card for them, which is less expensive and only good for travel to Canada and Mexico, too, I think. You will need their birth certificates to cross the border, too.

If you have a passport/passport card, you will not need the birth certificates.

 

[kmvand1]

Yes, everyone needs a passport to travel to another country.

Not if you are travelling on a "closed loop" cruise, where the cruise departs and returns from the same US port.

 

[crashbb]

If you are driving, children can use birth certificates (and a few other things) rather than passport. At least for right now.

 

[bumbershoot]

If you are driving, children can use birth certificates (and a few other things) rather than passport. At least for right now.

Yep. On the state department's site about the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:

"Children under age 16 will be able to continue crossing land and sea borders using only a U.S. birth certificate (or other form of U.S. citizenship such as a naturalization certificate.)."

But if flying, gotta have the passport.