2009-06-02
07:41:03
The United States Deputy Consul General does not anticipate any problems with the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
Mark Bysfield was in Fort Frances yesterday discuss with Fort Frances town council the new travel rules, and other border issues.
Bysfield says there appears to be strong compliance in the borderland.
"Guys at the border are telling us that a vast majority of people already had their documents weeks ago," says Bysfield. "They only saw a few people who still don't have them and their giving out little slips of paper saying your non-compliant, next time throught why don't you get one of the compliant documents."
Those documents include a passport, enhanced driver's license or approved identification card. Bysfield says the new rules will make it easier and more secure for travellers in the long run.
No problems were reported at either International Falls or Baudette crossings yesterday.
