Canadian Man uses iPad to enter the US.

[Inky 1,111]

TORONTO — A Canadian man who realized he forgot his passport as he approached the U.S. border found a new way to gain entry — his iPad.

Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly annoyed U.S. border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad. Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45870452/ns/today-travel/t/canadian-man-uses-ipad-enter-us/#.TwSvHtSXS5I

[MelissaAndJordan 5]

TORONTO — A Canadian man who realized he forgot his passport as he approached the U.S. border found a new way to gain entry — his iPad.

Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly annoyed U.S. border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad. Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport.

http://today.msnbc.m...s/#.TwSvHtSXS5I

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A Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson told Wired.com, “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.”

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[Nica_In_Love 98]

Funny that he was carrying his birth certificate and not his passport.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Funny that he was carrying his birth certificate and not his passport.

Not really. I always have my birth certificate and driver's license on me in my wallet, but never carry my passport around.

[Nica_In_Love 98]

Not really. I always have my birth certificate and driver's license on me in my wallet, but never carry my passport around.

My birth certificate is stored away somewhere. I just find it funny since he was in fact looking to cross the border.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

My birth certificate is stored away somewhere. I just find it funny since he was in fact looking to cross the border.

Well, it's only been a few years since a birth certificate and driver's license were adequate proof to cross the border from Canada into the U.S. I can totally understand forgetting to bring it along...especially if you'd crossed the border a lot in the past without a passport.

[MelissaAndJordan 5]

My birth certificate is stored away somewhere. I just find it funny since he was in fact looking to cross the border.

Well I know that my Canadian carries his in his wallet too.. the short form birth certificate.. it is just the size of his Drivers license. He actually never even had the long form until we just ordered it. I have a feeling that might be commonplace with Canadians.

[Nica_In_Love 98]

Well I know that my Canadian carries his in his wallet too.. the short form birth certificate.. it is just the size of his Drivers license. He actually never even had the long form until we just ordered it. I have a feeling that might be commonplace with Canadians.

Nice that there is a short version for it. Well it did serve him good, along with his iPad. Like the Wired article says, I don't think it will be long until we start seeing digital forms of ID accepted for border crossing.

Well, it's only been a few years since a birth certificate and driver's license were adequate proof to cross the border from Canada into the U.S. I can totally understand forgetting to bring it along...especially if you'd crossed the border a lot in the past without a passport.

You're right about that.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I don't think it's common to have the birth ecrt in your wallet (no one I know does), but yes - very few of us probably had the long forms before we started this process.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I don't think it's common to have the birth ecrt in your wallet (no one I know does), but yes - very few of us probably had the long forms before we started this process.

Really? I always have -- under my driver's license. I always keep my wallet in my hip pocket, so it's about as safe and secure as any part of my body. If it wasn't wallet-sized, I wouldn't carry it with me, but since it is wallet-sized, it's never occurred to me not to carry it.

[SapphireDreams 71]

Really? I always have -- under my driver's license. I always keep my wallet in my hip pocket, so it's about as safe and secure as any part of my body. If it wasn't wallet-sized, I wouldn't carry it with me, but since it is wallet-sized, it's never occurred to me not to carry it.

I carry mine too, in my wallet. I know I don't need it, but it's just a habit. It's also the only piece of ID I have with my maiden name so I figure it's good to have just in case.