If you don't yet have a passport, it's time to get the process going in obtaining one. You can apply online for a passport at this site, or you can download an application to apply in person here.
Edited by KevinKorell, 31 March 2011 - 09:19 PM.
Posted 11 March 2010 - 02:09 AM
Edited by KevinKorell, 31 March 2011 - 09:19 PM.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 11 March 2010 - 11:53 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:16 PM
APIS strikes againPlease note that you cannot make your reservations for the Cascades trains that cross the border in either direction until you can provide the manner of documentation (i.e. passport) and its identification number. Whether you reserve online or by phone, you'll be asked for it.
Posted 11 March 2010 - 02:09 PM
AlohaPlease note that you cannot make your reservations for the Cascades trains that cross the border in either direction until you can provide the manner of documentation (i.e. passport) and its identification number. Whether you reserve online or by phone, you'll be asked for it.
Posted 11 March 2010 - 02:58 PM
Eric, double check this with the US CBP and its Canadian counterpart... moreso the latter. They call the shots, not Amtrak. We don't want anyone denied entry.Amtrak confirmed that a child under 15 only needs a birth Certificate. Evan's mom still intends to get her Passport before July though.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
Posted 11 March 2010 - 03:37 PM
Eric, double check this with the US CBP and its Canadian counterpart... moreso the latter. They call the shots, not Amtrak. We don't want anyone denied entry.
Amtrak confirmed that a child under 15 only needs a birth Certificate. Evan's mom still intends to get her Passport before July though.
From experience, I can tell you that a single family member crossing the border with a minor child raises some red flags. I was almost denied entry into Canada when Michael was just 6 years old because I didn't provide information that his other parent approved. This was not a train crossing, but rather we had walked over the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. So since then, I've had to contact Michael's other biological parent and get a notarized letter from her that it was OK for me to take him out of the country. I showed it aboard the trains when we went into Canada on our 2004 Toronto and 2006 Montreal Fests.
The problem is more leaving the USA than returning since the child lives here. I'm not sure how it works if Grandpa takes Evan over the border, but I would guess that at least one, if not both of her parents will need to send you a notarized letter.
Posted 11 March 2010 - 09:52 PM
Posted 12 March 2010 - 11:23 AM
I have certified at least 5 times to various arms of the US government that I have never been a member of any Communist Party. This is easy for me to certify since I have never been a member of any political party before coming to the US, and even though some right wing nuts may think so, so far at least the Democratic Party is not generally considered to be a Communist PartyWhen I was three years old (this was in the 'fifties, remember) I came through US Customs and Immigration Control and my parents had to sign a Declaration at that point stating that I, as an infant before their very eyes, "was not now and never was a member of the Communist Party."
So if you think craziness at passport control is a post 9.11 novelty, reflect on that one! (Hey, at least I didn't have to sign it!).
Posted 14 March 2010 - 01:01 AM
If you don't yet have a passport, it's time to get the process going in obtaining one. You can apply online for a passport at this site, or you can download an application to apply in person here.
Posted 17 March 2010 - 12:55 PM
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