Maybe on airlines but you can drive out of the US at the southern and northern borders. You will need some ID when you get to the associated foreign checkpoint - but you still have left the US. Airlines do it mostly to avoid hassles at the arrival country.
Maybe on airlines but you can drive out of the US at the southern and northern borders. You will need some ID when you get to the associated foreign checkpoint - but you still have left the US. Airlines do it mostly to avoid hassles at the arrival country.
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The only exception, I can find for travel outside of the US, other than a passport or passport card, is the Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) issued by Michigan, New York, Vermont, and Washington under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). Note that these states border Canada and citizens pass back and forth on a regular basis. Why Maine doesn’t issue one, is puzzling.
And yes, you can probably pass through a US checkpoint without ID, or swim around it, but when you get to the other side of the line, one of the following will be required passport, passport card, or enhanced drivers license.