Canada-US border crossed by man using iPad as ID

[tawadi]

5 January 2012 Last updated at 05:27 ET

Canada-US border crossed by man using iPad as ID

A Canadian man who forgot his passport has said that he managed to cross the border into the US using a copy of the document he had scanned on to his iPad.

Martin Reisch, from Montreal, presented the US border office with his digital device after realising near the border that he did not have his passport.

He said he told the official that he was heading to Vermont to deliver Christmas presents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16403636

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. You can check in for a flight with your phone

So this doesn't surprise me in the least.

[tawadi]

2. Though I see your point

with a flight, identification is checked at the security line. Not just a scanned copy.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. I believe the ICE has said he had acceptable alternatives with him and the Ipad

was not what allowed him in.