Travelling within the US as a foreign citizen without a passport

10/19/2012 1:25:33 PM

The US has a number of circumstances where “government issued ID” is demanded and an “out of state” drivers license isn’t good enough, escalating immediately to passport. This includes things like checking into a hotel, picking up your badge at a conference and (I am not making this up) buying medication for a head cold. Mark mentioned getting into a bar which is not an issue for me, but the point is that people want to see your ID rather more than I (a Canadian) expect them to, and if you’re not local, they want to see a passport. If an internal domestic flight might not mind you using your UK drivers license, that wouldn’t mean that once you got into the States you could ship your passport off for visa-getting purposes or whatnot, because chances are you’ll need it pretty regularly while you’re there.

10/19/2012 5:13:45 AM

It’s worth noting that if you’re just driving, then you need either both forms of your UK driver’s license if pulled over, OR the paper form + passport.

One point worth noting is that they’re REALLY strict on PASSPORT ID for bars and clubs. I’ve tried and failed several times to use a UK driver’s license, and spoken with many travellers with the same problem. Passport really is required.

10/19/2012 7:00:29 AM

TSA website has a list of acceptable IDs. From this I would read that only a foreign government-issued passport is acceptable for those travelling without the requisite US (or Canadian) forms of ID.

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