Documents required for travelling to US from Canada?

Does anyone know if a citizenship card and health are part of the 'valid documents' required for traveling to the US from Canada by bus? As far as i know the mandatory passport requirement for land does not start until 2008. So I'm wondering right now if those two id's are usable. Thanks.

Recently I Traveled to Canada, Basically All You need is a Liscenece and At Least a Birth Certificate, But I Would Recommend getting a Passport, Which is basically all you would need.

No, the passport law for travel between Canada and the United States took place January 23, 2007. Because of the back log of people applying, it is taking a very long time to get the actual passports. If you have applied for a passport, you will be allowed to travel between the two countries by air until September of 2007.

Not on land crossing the border... you need a drivers license and your Canadian citicenship card. Next year you need a passport.

You are correct that you do not need a passport until 2008 for a land crossing, which is what a bus is. The current passport requirement is air and sea only.

You need two things. One is proof of citizenship. There are a variety of documents that suffice. If you were born in the US you will need your birth certificate, an official copy with a raised seal. If you were born outside the country you need a record of birth abroad - again an official copy.

It sounds like you might be a naturalized citizen. If so you need your official copy of your naturalization papers. I don't know if your "citizenship card" is the same thing - but if it is an official documetn it may be.

You will also need a government-issued photo ID. That requirement can be covered by a drivers license.

To ENTER the US:
- If you are a US or Canadian citizen traveling by air after January 1 2007, you MUST have a valid passport.
- If you are a US or Canadian citizen traveling by land or sea before December 31 2007, you must have valid photo ID (passport, US or Canadian driver's license, or military ID) AND proof of citizenship (passport, birth certificate, and/or naturalization papers). Note that if you have naturalization papers you must ALSO have a valid passport issued from the country of birth.
- If you are not a US or Canadian citizen, you must have a passport regardless of mode of travel (land, sea, air).

A health card CANNOT be used as identification under any circumstances; in fact, it is a criminal offence to try to do so (in both Canada and the US).

At the moment, the same rules are in effect for travel from the US to Canada as well.