Passport in Canada?

EveXmas · January 2012

My goal in 2012 was to get another stamp in my passport, but our travel plans are keeping me in the US.

I just found out that I have to go to Alberta, Canada for work. Will my passport get stamped to enter Canada?

AKuzReve · January 2012

Possibly. I know mine has been stamped when I've gone to the U.S. so I assume it would be the same when you come to Canada.

mxolisi · January 2012

Probably. They put a stupid stamp in mine just to transit through the airport in Montreal

dorothyinAus · January 2012

You may have to ask the agent. I did when we went through Montreal, but not when we entered through Quebec.

Littlejen22 · January 2012

I have no idea b/c I have only driven through with my drivers license when I was yelled at by a Canadian Customs' Agent to not come back to their country again without my passport...this was before the requirements changed and I was in Buffalo for work.

But this makes me sad to think about that I had to get a new passport so it only has Aruba in it:( Glad we are going to England in a few months.

Nonny · January 2012

I've only ever gone to Canada by driving and via the border crossing by Vancouver, BC (is that Blaine?) and they've never stamped my passport.

Earls_Bride · January 2012

AKuzReve:
Possibly. I know mine has been stamped when I've gone to the U.S. so I assume it would be the same when you come to Canada.

Really? I travel to the US all the time, and have never gotten even one stamp...I only have stamps from Jamaica and Mexico.

desmerelda317 · January 2012

I think the answer is maybe/maybe not. Probably depends on who your border control agent is and what he/she's been told to do. I know when DS and I went to Vancouver 2010, we drove up (lived just 2 hours south of Vancouver, BC at that time). This was just after the regulations had changed to require passports. There was no stamp for either of us. DH and I never got stamps the couple times we took the ferry from Anacortes, WA to Vancouver Island, BC either. Hopefully you're able to get a stamp though

koosh ball · January 2012

I normally get stamps going to Montreal. If you want a stamp, just ask them. That is what I did as a kid and it worked.

frlcb · January 2012

You can also ask them to, we have done this before and they have always obliged, not in Canada but other places.

RedPeony · January 2012

I really have nothing to add other than I'm glad I'm not the only person who looks forward to stamps in my passport.

I lost my one and only stamp when I changed my name on my passport. I finally got a stamp on my new passport last month, which was 2.5 years later. I'm getting another stamp in April and I'm excited! It's the little things in life, right? Big Smile

mbcdefg · January 2012

We've driven to Montreal twice, through New York State. I never got a stamp.

But I heard you can ask for one.

AKuzReve · January 2012

Earls_Bride:
AKuzReve:
Possibly. I know mine has been stamped when I've gone to the U.S. so I assume it would be the same when you come to Canada.
Really? I travel to the US all the time, and have never gotten even one stamp...I only have stamps from Jamaica and Mexico.

Yep. They don't do it all the time but they have. I have it twice for when I went to Vegas and one for Miami.

EveXmas · January 2012

I would be flying to Alberta. Thanks for the input!

sjb&apa · January 2012

I've been to Canada many times (including four times in 2011), haven't gotten a stamp even once.

cmanmom · January 2012

We drive up all the time, and I have never had mine stamped. Don't know if you could even ask, our border is always SO busy!

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