Canadian man uses iPad to enter US

[~n/t~]

Not sure how I feel about this. Thoughts? I think this may be the way to the future but still scary to think people can use a scanned copy of a passport to go through borders.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45870452/ns/today-travel/t/canadian-man-uses-ipad-enter-us/

 

[otto]

Not sure how I feel about this. Thoughts? I think this may be the way to the future but still scary to think people can use a scanned copy of a passport to go through borders.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45870452/ns/today-travel/t/canadian-man-uses-ipad-enter-us/

It's rather amusing. The US has been somewhat critical of customs in other countries, yet to enter the US all one needs is an electronic copy of a passport - something that can never be validated.

 

[Kat]

He didn't enter just on a scanned copy of his passport on his Ipad from what I can tell.

"In this case, the individual had both a driver's license and birth certificate, which the CBP officer used to determine identity and citizenship in order to admit the traveler into the country,"

 

[redheadedgal]

statement today from the dept. of homeland security:

Washington - The assertion that a traveler was admitted into the U.S. using solely a scanned image of his passport on an iPad is categorically false. In this case, the individual had both a driver's license and birth certificate, which the CBP officer used to determine identity and citizenship in order to admit the traveler into the country.

http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/01042012_2.xml


btw, i frequently cross the border @ detroit and since they absolutely do require a passport or other authorized doc -which it sounds like this guy didn't have- i honestly don't know how he got through. canadians were told to have and use a passport b/c it was required by US law now.

 

[~n/t~]

statement today from the dept. of homeland security:

Washington - The assertion that a traveler was admitted into the U.S. using solely a scanned image of his passport on an iPad is categorically false. In this case, the individual had both a driver's license and birth certificate, which the CBP officer used to determine identity and citizenship in order to admit the traveler into the country.

http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/01042012_2.xml


btw, i frequently cross the border @ detroit and since they absolutely do require a passport or other authorized doc -which it sounds like this guy didn't have- i honestly don't know how he got through. canadians were told to have and use a passport b/c it was required by US law now.

yes it's absolutely mandatory to have a passport to and from the US and Canada. I don't think it was right call by the CBP officer to let this guy get through, imo. They made passports MANDATORY for a reason.

Luckily, he isn't a terrorist and all worked out fine but it's the what if that's scary.