[转贴] US to demand passports of Canadian travelers

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US to demand passports of Canadian travelers
www.chinaview.cn 2005-04-06 23:46:25

OTTAWA, April 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Canadians will no longer be able toenter the United States using their driver's licence or citizenship card as new US rules require Canadians to produce a passport instead, local press reported Wednesday.

Under the new rules announced Tuesday, as of Dec. 31, 2005, Canadians will need to show a passport or other "secure document" if trips to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Central or South America by air or sea include a US stopover.

The few exceptions to that rule will have to show a secure alternative , such as the Customs and Border Protection Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI), NEXUS and Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program cards, to clear immigration.

Canadians will still be exempt from an American program that requires foreign visitors to be fingerprinted upon entry, but the new rules nevertheless prompted a terse response from Canadian Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan.

"We will review our requirements for American citizens, and we're going to do that in collaboration with the United States," McLellan said Tuesday , hinting that Canada could impose a similardemand on Americans travelling north. Enditem

 

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a paranoid rogue state

 

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Important Note: The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will soon require all travelers to and from the Americas, the Caribbean, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted form of documentation to enter or reenter the United States. The program will be rolled out in phases. The proposed timeline is as follows:



December 31, 2005: Requirement applied to all travel (air/sea) to or from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Central America and South America.
December 31, 2006: Requirement applied to all air and sea travel to or from Mexico and Canada.
December 31, 2007: Requirement extended to all air, sea and land border crossings.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/documentary_req.xml

 

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Now Canadian Passport Office is happier.....:blink:

 

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话不能这么说，911之前也没有这样吧。这不叫paranoid，这都是有事实根据的。

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a paranoid rogue state

 

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个人认为，加拿大就是对不住美国。