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Charles A. Monteiro-2

U.S citizens require passport to get back to the U.S from Canada

Sorry , if inappropriate.

I caught something last nite on CNN about a new imposition requiring a
passport on the way back from Canada. I happen to have mine although I
can't quite remember where. Anyhow, this will be a drag for those U.S
citizens that want to go to Smalltalk Solutions which do not presently
have a passport. You can't just really walk-in and get one. Mine took a
while and it was pre 911.

Can somebody confirm?

thanks

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Sean McGinty

Fwd: U.S citizens require passport to get back to the U.S from Canada

Oops, should have sent this to the group as well.

Sean

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Charles,

I work near the Canadian border and many of my co-workers cross the border regularily. Unfortunately nobody has in the last 24 hours. However we did find an article that says, at this time, only air travelers are required to show a passport. Land and sea travelers will not be required until January 2008. Here's the <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245822,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">article.

If any of my co-workers get detained in the next few days I'll let you know.

Sean

On 1/23/07, Charles A. Monteiro <[hidden email]> wrote:

Sorry , if inappropriate.

I caught something last nite on CNN about a new imposition requiring a
passport on the way back from Canada. I happen to have mine although I
can't quite remember where. Anyhow, this will be a drag for those U.S
citizens that want to go to Smalltalk Solutions which do not presently
have a passport. You can't just really walk-in and get one. Mine took a
while and it was pre 911.

Can somebody confirm?

thanks

--
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Alan Knight-2

Re: U.S citizens require passport to get back to the U.S from Canada

In reply to this post by Charles A. Monteiro-2

Yes, that's correct. But it's OK, they'll be able to come to the conference, they just won't be able to go home :-)

Similarly, Canadian citizens now require a passport to go to the US, and entry requirements for others to go to the US have been stricter for some time (e.g. involve getting fingerprinted). I think this was all announced a year or more ago, and there's been quite some fuss about it.

Anyone thinking about attending Smalltalk Solutions and coming from the US - you will need a passport. Apply now.

At 09:21 AM 1/23/2007, Charles A. Monteiro wrote:

Sorry , if inappropriate.

I caught something last nite on CNN about a new imposition requiring a
passport on the way back from Canada. I happen to have mine although I
can't quite remember where. Anyhow, this will be a drag for those U.S
citizens that want to go to Smalltalk Solutions which do not presently
have a passport. You can't just really walk-in and get one. Mine took a
while and it was pre 911.

Can somebody confirm?

thanks

--
Charles A. Monteiro
http://wiki.nycsmalltalk.org
http://www.monteirosfusion.com
http://monteirofusion.blogspot.com

Alan Knight [|], Cincom Smalltalk Development

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Charles A. Monteiro-2

Re: U.S citizens require passport to get back to the U.S from Canada

I have always wanted an excuse to stay in Canada, the Tim Horton's coffee
chain came close :)
I have always thought that we let Canadians come and go too freely,
seriously.

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:48:23 -0500, Alan Knight <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Yes, that's correct. But it's OK, they'll be able to come to the
> conference, they just won't be able to go home :-)
>
> Similarly, Canadian citizens now require a passport to go to the US, and
> entry requirements for others to go to the US have been stricter for
> some time (e.g. involve getting fingerprinted). I think this was all
> announced a year or more ago, and there's been quite some fuss about it.
>
> Anyone thinking about attending Smalltalk Solutions and coming from the
> US - you will need a passport. Apply now.
>
> At 09:21 AM 1/23/2007, Charles A. Monteiro wrote:
>> Sorry , if inappropriate.
>>
>> I caught something last nite on CNN about a new imposition requiring a
>> passport on the way back from Canada. I happen to have mine although I
>> can't quite remember where. Anyhow, this will be a drag for those U.S
>> citizens that want to go to Smalltalk Solutions which do not presently
>> have a passport. You can't just really walk-in and get one. Mine took a
>> while and it was pre 911.
>>
>> Can somebody confirm?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> --
>> Charles A. Monteiro
>> http://wiki.nycsmalltalk.org
>> http://www.monteirosfusion.com
>> http://monteirofusion.blogspot.com
>
> --
> Alan Knight [|], Cincom Smalltalk Development
> [hidden email]
> [hidden email]
> http://www.cincom.com/smalltalk
>
> "The Static Typing Philosophy: Make it fast. Make it right. Make it
> run." - Niall Ross

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Charles A. Monteiro
http://wiki.nycsmalltalk.org
http://www.monteirosfusion.com
http://monteirofusion.blogspot.com