Documents for entry into the United States

Enhanced Driver's Licence/ Enhanced Identification Card

Citizenship Information

identification cards (EICs) denote a person's identity and citizenship, EDL and EIC applicants are required to attend an interview at a provincial EDL/EIC issuing office with documentation that supports their identity and Canadian citizenship. They are also required to complete a short citizenship questionnaire.

Note: all subsequent information about EDLs in this Web section equally applies to EICs.

Provincial authorities will review the answers to the citizenship questionnaire and examine the citizenship documents presented. If applicable, they will cross-check the information applicants provide about their citizenship with vital statistics data from the applicant's respective province. If the applicant's documentary evidence of citizenship is not satisfactory, provincial EDL-issuing authorities will refer the applicant either to Citizenship and Immigration Canada or to the issuing authority of his or her citizenship documents to obtain the proper documents.

The EDL program is not designed to determine a person's citizenship. Provincial authorities only confirm that applicants submit satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship.