Do you need a passport?
Jan 22nd, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Do you need a passport?
Just heard a blurb on the local radio news that people camped out overnight, and the line is now winding around the block at the SF passport office due to the new passport regulations in effect, I believe, tomorrow. If you're leaving the country any time soon it may behoove you to make sure yours is in order!
Jan 22nd, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Jan 22nd, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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The new rules don't affect anyone who already has a passport. You just need a passport to get back into the US after flying to Canada, Mexico, or the Carribean. For the time being, driving between the US and Canada or Mexico is still the same, but eventually you will need a passport for that too.
Jan 22nd, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Thanks, guys. I knew these particular changes were coming. But when I saw this post I panicked momentarily as DD and I will both be leaving the country in the next couple of months. Since we got passports last year, I thought that was one thing we didn't have to worry about. I'm relieved to see I was right!
Jan 22nd, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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This is of course the stupidest damn thing in the world, exceeded only by the stupidity of the government's other bogus "security" operations. It's tantamount to a declaration of war on Canada. Border crossings are already a nightmare; how long is it going to take NOW?
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Jan 22nd, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI):
“The passport requirement does NOT apply to U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a U.S. territory. U.S. citizens returning directly from a U.S. territory are not considered to have left the United States and do not need to present a passport. U.S. territories include the following: Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
“The passport requirement does NOT apply to U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a U.S. territory. U.S. citizens returning directly from a U.S. territory are not considered to have left the United States and do not need to present a passport. U.S. territories include the following: Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
Jan 23rd, 2007 | 05:01 AM
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For those who would like to know more about Swains Island, see
www.janeresture.com/tokelau_islands/swains.htm
www.janeresture.com/tokelau_islands/swains.htm
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