U.S. confirms high-tech driver's lic. will be allowed at border


	U.S. confirms high-tech driver's lic. will be allowed at border

caissie_tab

11-16-2007 7:49 PM

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caissie_tab says:

it'll be nice to have options, instead of just a passport to cross the border

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11-20-2007 3:25 AM

vandamonium

Nice information. Thanks

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WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff confirmed Thursday that enhanced driver's licences will be accepted as passport alternatives at the Canada-U.S. border.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071115/national/us_cda_passport"><P>
Canada has been pushing hard to give travellers a choice, saying passports are expensive, harder to get and most people need licences anyway.
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Homeland officials have become increasingly comfortable over the last several months with high-technology driver's licences that will contain proof of citizenship like passports do.
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"Next year, we'll be implementing a rule in stages that will require . . . either a passport, a passcard, Nexus card or enhanced driver's licence to cross the land border," he said.
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The new security program is supposed to go into effect as early as next summer. Air travellers entering the U.S. already need passports.
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But border agents who now have to go into their computers to pull up information will now be able to swipe cards and access information more quickly, he said.
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