Enhanced New York State License with name not in proper order
My brother received his Enhanced New York State driver's licence and his name is not displayed properly- (First name is where Last name should be - Middle name where First name should be and Last name where Middle name should be. There is a comma separating Middle and Last names however).
Is this document valid for entry into Canada and back into the United States, or must it be corrected to be valid? Checked with New York State D M V, but they could not furnish a definite answer. I could not contact either the U S or Canadian border Patrols for any clarification. We are traveling this coming Friday.
Best Answer
Please see my answer to your other question. In general, Canada admits US citizens with any proof of identity and citizenship. This should include an enhanced license with a clerical error.
In fact, when your brother shows the license, they may not even notice that the name is reversed. But, if they do, he may want to be prepared with independent photographic proof of identity, if he has it, as well as his birth certificate.
To get back into the US, as noted in the other answer, he is nominally supposed to have one of several documents specified by the WHTI. But in fact US citizens have a fundamental right to enter the country, so if he can prove his US citizenship by any means, such as a birth certificate, then CBP has to let him in. "Any means" may well also include an enhanced driver's license with a clerical error. The only caveat is that entry without a WHTI-specified document could take longer. Your brother should be prepared for the possibility that he will have to spend some time in secondary inspection as CBP considers his evidence of US citizenship.
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