Travel document needed to fly out of the US???

[MomtoEmIs&Ow]

Do you need a passport to fly out of an US airport if you are Canadian? I have never flown out of the US before. I know that we just need our birth certificates to go across the border, but what else is needed at the airport? Any thing different for the kids? Thanks for any help!

Lee

 

[dsneygirl]

Nope. We have flown from Buffalo many times and only used a DL as photo ID. You are on a domestic flight at that point so no need to prove citizenship.

 

[jj1403]

I flew out of the US last September. All my husband and I used was our photo drivers licence and we brought our birth certificates as well. I believe they ask to see two pieces of id. When you pass over the boarder is when they ask all the questions. We had no problems at the airport.

You don't need a passport but it might be a good idea.

 

[tone.def]

Do you need a passport to fly out of an US airport if you are Canadian?

Why would you not check the government regulations? Check this out:
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/usa_bound-en.asp

It's the Canadian government website. This will answer all your questions.


And here's the website to Passport Canada:
http://www.pptc.gc.ca/index.aspx?lang=e

It'll tell you when you need your passport too!


For those of you who want an immediate answer:
from http://www.pptc.gc.ca/can/north_america.aspx?lang=e#us

Traveller's Corner
Travelling in North America
Do I need a passport to travel to the United States?

Though passports are the document of choice for travel, Canadian citizens do not currently need a passport to travel to the United States from Canada. However, Canadians who are travelling outside Canada are encouraged to obtain a passport, as it is the most widely accepted proof of Canadian identity and citizenship.

In April 2005, the United States Government announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requiring all travellers to and from the Americas, including Canadian citizens, to present a passport to enter or re-enter the United States by December 31, 2007.

The WHTI will be implemented in two phases, as follows:

December 31, 2006 - A passport will be required for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

December 31, 2007 - The passport requirement will be extended to all land border crossings as well as air and sea travel.

For further information on United States policy, you may consult the US State Department Web site.

 

[dancin Disney style]

If you have passports bring them. It is always your best form of ID. If you don't have them you might consider getting them, you're going to need them soon anyway.

 

[dsneygirl]

Why would you not check the government regulations? Check this out:
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/usa_bound-en.asp

It's the Canadian government website. This will answer all your questions.


And here's the website to Passport Canada:
http://www.pptc.gc.ca/index.aspx?lang=e

It'll tell you when you need your passport too!


For those of you who want an immediate answer:
from http://www.pptc.gc.ca/can/north_america.aspx?lang=e#us

I think the OP was asking about what ID was needed at the US airport before departure which wouldn't be on a Canadian gov't site.

 

[tone.def]

I think the OP was asking about what ID was needed at the US airport before departure which wouldn't be on a Canadian gov't site.

Pardon me for mis-reading. The passport question comes up here so often I was just trying to be helpful.

 

[dsneygirl]

Pardon me for mis-reading. The passport question comes up here so often I was just trying to be helpful.

I don't think the OP has come back to this thread but that was the way I interpreted her question.

 

[MomtoEmIs&Ow]

Sorry that I haven't had a chance to thank you guys! Thanks! I was just wondering about at the airport. I know what we need to cross the border. I just don't plan on getting us each a passport just for this trip, if I do not need to. Sounds like Canadians fly out of the US all the time without passports. Thanks again guys!

Lee

 

[dancin Disney style]

You do not need a passport to fly from one US city to another. You do need a proper photo ID. We used our passports because we had them. However, you do need proof of citizenship to cross the border to get to the airport and then to return to Canada.

Hope that clears it up.



***You will need passports next year to enter the US. If you don't have them get them soon and avoid the rush.