From: jock@soccer.com
On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:19:56 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
wrote:
>Nobody wrote:
>
>>And for practical purposes, land crossing such as the Canadian border
>>require a passport. Yeah, yeah, I know: passport cards, enhanced
>>driver's licences, and trusted traveller cards such as NEXUS also
>>qualify but the majority of casual crossers will be presenting
>>passports to return home to the US. Only a handful of states have
>>enhanced licences anyway.
>
>Huh? States with international borders have these; other states don't.
>Why would other states go to the extraordinary expense of offering them
>to their own residents who wouldn't have need for them?
According to your own Homeland Security people, only FOUR states issue
a version that complies with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:
Go grumble to them if the list isn't current.
>
>I'm sure those who cross the international border often enough, especially
>those who live in Vancouver and Seattle, have NEXUS. The automated kiosks
>to check in with upon re-entry at a sea port seem useful.
NEXUS has never really been a huge factor at land crossings, even here
on the Lower Mainland. Visit the Pac NW... sit in Peace Arch Park..
and observe the lack of movement down the NEXUS lane into Blaine, WA.
Frequent business travellers by air could likely be a different matter
-- CBSA say a milion cards are in existence, though that number would
be a combination of Canadian and American holders.
Canadians have a high possession rate of passports (somewhere in the
range of 70-75% if the Feds website is to be believed) so for casual
crossers, the time/hoops to be jumped through/extra expense aren't
worth the effort. One just doesn't walk up to a NEXUS office and walk
out the same day with a pass.
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