From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 24-Jun-14 20:35, John Levine wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I understand to go to and return from Canada by ground one needs a   
   >>> password or a special INS travel card?  By air, it's a passport?   
   >>   
   >> By air, you always need a passport book.   
   >   
   > I can report from experience that NEXUS is sufficient in both   
   > directions when flying between the US and Canada.  But you better   
   > bring your passport anyway, since the poorly trained gate staff at   
   > some airlines (Un*ted at EWR) don't know that.   
      
   Last time I flew to Canada, I couldn't print my boarding pass at home as   
   I could for domestic flights, and the ticket agents and kiosks won't let   
   you check in for _any_ international flight without a passport book.   
   And the TSA/CSA drones insist on a passport book, as do the gate agents.   
    So, while it might not be required at the port of entry, it's still   
   required to _get_ to the port of entry.   
      
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