On 11/02/11 9:31 AM, James Hare wrote:
>
> Yep. Generally speaking, it is easiest for Canadians (i.e. bearers of
> Canadian passports) to enter the United States. The only thing easier
> is if you're a U.S. citizen or permanent resident returning to the
> U.S. It's a more relaxed system because people in border communities
> (for example: Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario) tend to cross
> the border frequently. Migration between the U.S. and Canada is
> governed by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which allows
> several different kinds of documentation instead of a passport:
> <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Travel_Initiative>.
> For what it's worth, though, it isn't like the old days where a birth
> certificate or voter registration would have been enough.
>