FF: Unrestricted Travel Between UK and Canada??

[Ali at zymurgy.org]

Steve Bboy wrote:-

>>> For example, are Canadians and people from England allow to 
travel freely between those two countries without the need for visas 
or special travel permits? Just an ID and a plane ticket, and you 
are off???>>>

IIRC the only country that Brits can visit without a passport is 
Eire, Southern Ireland.

I did make it into France once without a passport (by accident), but 
then had a hard job explaining myself to British customs officials 
on the way back. Their problem wasn't so much the fact that I was 
trying to get in, but that I had my year old daughter with me (who 
was on my passport and therefore didn't have a passport of her own). 
In the end, they let us through and just told me not to do it again! 

 
>>> Part of the problem is getting them through Canadian Customs 
without passports. The lords of poor writers would smile on me, if 
they could do that with just their UK national ID's.<<< 

We don't have national ID's. the Government is wanting to bring one 
in, and probably will get it through in the next year, but even 
then, I don't think that the plan is for it to be compulsory (not 
initially anyway). The only other forms of ID we have are our 
driving licences. I think new ones have photos on them, but most 
still won't. If you wanted to even try and use this for Harry and 
Ron, Brits can't start get a provisional licence until they are 17 
years old.

Ali