how to get into canada?

I've heard many things ranging from you just need driver's license to you need a passport. I have my birth certificate. will that work? I'm trying to get into vancouver BC. please help me!

[Manimal]

License and birth certificate are good enough. You absolutely do not need a passport. You may want two forms of photo ID, though that shouldn't be necessary.

[Benal]

If you're Imerican, all you need is your birth cert/drivers lic...

[pokerdirty]

i hope you're white...

[MonkeeMan]

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I've heard many things ranging from you just need driver's license to you need a passport. I have my birth certificate. will that work? I'm trying to get into vancouver BC. please help me!

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The problem is getting OUT of Canada.

[Cancuk]

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I've heard many things ranging from you just need driver's license to you need a passport. I have my birth certificate. will that work? I'm trying to get into vancouver BC. please help me!

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The problem is getting OUT of Canada.

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[MrTrik]

You will need a passport in late 2007 or so. Just a picture ID and a birth cert. will do today. I did get hung up once with a photocopy of a birth certificate. Bring one with a raised seal if possible.

[TheMainEvent]

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I have a DWAI (lesser offense than DWI) and in the drunk driving class I was forced to take by the court the instructor said that basically we couldn't get into canada because DWI is such a serious offense there and we could be arrested for trying. Anyone know anything about this? I did a google search and I found a lot of conflicting info.

[benza13]

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Slight hijack-

I have a DWAI (lesser offense than DWI) and in the drunk driving class I was forced to take by the court the instructor said that basically we couldn't get into canada because DWI is such a serious offense there and we could be arrested for trying. Anyone know anything about this? I did a google search and I found a lot of conflicting info.

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Slow response here, but I can say that I got into Canada while technically still not allowed to leave the US becuase of a DWI arrest earlier in the year. It was New Years Eve and I was with friends heading for Montreal, so the guy let me slip through. I do know that the problem was not at all related to the fact that I had a DWI, only that it was still under its Continued without a Finding status.

[Cry Me A River]

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I have a DWAI (lesser offense than DWI) and in the drunk driving class I was forced to take by the court the instructor said that basically we couldn't get into canada because DWI is such a serious offense there and we could be arrested for trying.

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