[pct-l] passport & canada

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Be careful about the passport book and the passport card.  The card is authorized for crossings by land or sea only among the US, Canada, and Mexico (at least).  It is NOT sufficient for border crossings by air.  I was denied permission to board a NWA flight from Minneapolis to Vancouver this summer because I only had my PC, not the passport book.  If you think you might fly home to the US from Vancouver, make sure you have the book. 

Mango 






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wright" <gwtmp01 at mac.com> 
To: "Thatcher Koch" <ironlegs at pacbell.net> 
Cc: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net 
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:31:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] passport & canada 


On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Thatcher Koch wrote: 

> does anyone know how to find out what is on the chip that is in the new passports? also, how does the canadian border guards know if you have been convicted of a dui? 

Canadian officials have access to US criminal record databases. This is similar to how a police officer can lookup information about you during a traffic stop.  As for the passport chip: 

>From <http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2788.html> 

> What is an Electronic Passport? 
> 
> An Electronic Passport is the same as a traditional passport with the addition of a small integrated circuit (or “chip”) embedded in the back cover.  The chip stores: 
> 
>         • The same data visually displayed on the data page of the passport; 
>         • A biometric identifier in the form of a digital image of the passport photograph, which will facilitate the use of face recognition technology at ports-of-entry; 
>         • The unique chip identification number; and 
>         • A digital signature to protect the stored data from alteration. 




Gary Wright (Radar) 


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