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Michigan to Offer Enhanced Driver’s License for Trips to Canada

By Passport Editorial

Michigan has decided to offer an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL), which its citizens can use instead of a passport for quick trips into Canada. Like the newer passports, the enhanced driver's license has a radio frequency identification chip to provide stronger identification, so it is WHTI-compliant for land and sea trips to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean. The final phase of the WHTI goes into effect June 1, 2009. After that date, you will need a passport or an enhanced…

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Open Border Advocates: Get Over It, and Get a Passport, Quick!

By Passport Editorial

For many years, crossing the Canadian/American border was hardly more difficult than crossing from one state to another. In the "good old days," all you had to do was verbally declare your citizenship at the border and you were good to go. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) put an end to that practice. Under the WHTI, Passengers on US/Canada flights have been required to carry passports since 2007, but the rules remained more relaxed for land and sea crossings.…

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Enhanced Drivers License or Passport for Quick Trips To Canada

By Passport Editorial

On June 1st, the final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will begin. That means that almost all travelers crossing into Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean will need to have a US passport or a US passport card. However, starting February 17, Vermont will begin issuing enhanced drivers' licenses, which can take the place of passports for a quick jaunt over the Canadian border. What makes these Enhanced Drivers' Licenses so special? The new licenses contain a radio frequency…

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