Passport for Canada?

[weltschmerz]

We have a place in our passports where you can just write in your address. If you move, you cross it out and write in the new one.

Not allowed to use White-Out, though.

[weecdngeer]

Waterton national park, just on the Canadian side of Glacier, is spectacular. Driving west from there will take you into the rockies, through the Crowsnest Pass. Fernie is fantastic, and you can head directly south to Whitefish MT if you want to make a loop. East will take you towards my favorite camping spot, Writing on Stone, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing-on-Stone_Provincial_Park) that has some fantastic opportunities for float trips or day hikes.

If you are willing to drive a little more, you can make your way up to Calgary. Yee haw!

[spartan7886]

Are you planning on driving to Glacier or flying? I think Calgary might actually be the closest major airport. I really like Calgary, but I haven't done the tourist thing there, just business trips. Banff or even just Canmore are really nice too, if you make it up towards Calgary.

[chiver78]

I've never written an address into my passport. all that's printed in there as far as a location is your birthplace - which is only as specific as the state.

for getting your picture taken, there's a lot of places you can go for pictures. Walgreens (don't recommend, the lighting generally sucks) and Kinko's are places I've gone. just make sure that they are following the rules for acceptable photos - size of picture, size of YOU in the picture, full-on head shot, etc.

I'm not sure where you live, but if there is a consulate for another country nearby, you will likely find a photographer that takes passport photos for that country's expats. I get both my US and Canadian pics taken by a woman with a tiny little shop in Boston near the consular offices. she has the photo rules for over 100 countries and she guarantees her work. she also lets me re-take if I don't like the first shot

[Phoenix84]

Feb 8, 2014 18:18:03 GMT -5 spartan7886 said:

Are you planning on driving to Glacier or flying? I think Calgary might actually be the closest major airport. I really like Calgary, but I haven't done the tourist thing there, just business trips. Banff or even just Canmore are really nice too, if you make it up towards Calgary.

We're still in the planning phase. The plan as I know it was to fly into Mezula or whatever Montanna airport was closest, rent a car, and drive there.

Neither me nor my dad has the leave to take long road trips. It would probably be a two day drive from here, and even longer for my parents. The western states are big, and take a long time to cross.

[MN-Investor]

Per Wikipedia:

Enhanced Drivers License (EDL) in US English, Enhanced Driver's Licence in Canadian English, Enhanced ID is a card which functions both as driving licence and ID card issued in some states and provinces of United States and Canada to people who are both citizens of the country and resident in the relevant region, compliant with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative as well as the US REAL ID Act. It can be used as an alternative to a passport for international land and sea, but not air, travel to countries that recognise it. The card includes machine-readable RFID and barcode for automated identification of the card and its holder.

As of 2013 an EDL was available to U.S. citizens resident in the states of Michigan, New York, Vermont, and Washington, and to Canadian citizens resident in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.

And - WooHoo - starting this month, Minnesota is the fifth U.S. state to offer Enhanced Drivers Licenses! For us, it's an additional $15. You also have to bring along proof of residence and your social security number. For border state residents, I see no reason not to get the EDL.