ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS

What documents, identification, and paperwork does a U.S. citizen need to travel internationally?

If you are traveling in the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America):

Air Travel:
All U.S. citizens departing from or entering the United States from within the Western Hemisphere by air are required to present a valid passport, NEXUS card (if utilizing a NEXUS kiosk when departing from a designated Canadian airport). Merchant Mariner Document (for members of the U.S. armed forces traveling on official orders.) Note that children are also required to present their own passport when traveling by air.

Land or Sea Travel:
U.S. citizens entering the United States by land or sea are required to present a valid WHTI-compliant document, which include:

• Passports
• U.S. Passport Cards
• Enhanced Driver's Licenses
• Trusted Traveler Cards (NEXUS, SENTRI, or FAST)
• Military Identification Cards (for members of the U.S. armed forces on official orders)
• U.S. Merchant Mariner Document (for U.S. citizens on official maritime business)

Military personnel traveling under orders may present photo ID and orders. Family members must present a passport (with the exception of children 15 and younger arriving by land or sea.)

Canada will not allow a U.S. citizen into the country who does not have the proper documentation to return home.

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Enhanced drivers licenses make it easier for U.S. citizens to cross the border into the United States because they include:

• a vicinity Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip that will signal a secure system to pull up your biographic and biometric data for the CBP officer as you approach the border inspection booth, and
• a Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) or barcode that the CBP officer can read electronically if RFID isn't available.

The states of Michigan, New York, Vermont and Washington are issuing these enhanced drivers licenses.