I had that discussion with my wife yesterday.
Does Obama (or any president for that matter) needs to go through custom (Canada or any other country) & show his passport when visiting a country?
It is probably taking care of in advance?
Fred.
I am pretty sure they strip search him.
Just messing. I have no clue. I would all he has to do is get his passport stamped, but even that might not be needed.
He has a new one. From an artilce in Slate about #43:
Posted Monday, June 11, 2001, at 5:56 PM ET
When George W. Bush leaves tonight for his European trip, will he have to take a passport with him just like every other American who goes abroad?
Yes, he needs a passport, but no, it’s not like everyone else’s. The president of the United States, his immediate family, certain top officials, and diplomatic personnel are issued diplomatic passports, which have a black cover and for which the bearer doesn’t have to pay a passport fee. When the president travels, a team of people, usually from the State Department, coordinate the paperwork of the trip and hold onto the president’s passport. After the president emerges from Air Force One, waves to the crowd, and gets in his limo, he doesn’t then stand in line at customs. The State Department employees take his passport, and those of the others in his entourage, through the host country’s customs procedures.