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Puerto Vallarta Mexico Forum (Bulletin Boards) :: View topic - passport requirements change
This is official from the US Dept of State
WASHINGTON The U.S.
Departments of State and Homeland Security announced June 8, 2007 that U.S.
Citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda who have applied for but not yet received passports can nevertheless temporarily enter and depart from the United States by air with a government issued photo identification and Department of State official proof of application for a passport through September 30, 2007.
The federal government is making this accommodation for air travel due to longer than expected processing times for passport applications in the face of record-breaking demand.
I'm coming next month!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:45 pm
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How long have we been talking about this?
How long has it been advertised that you need to get your passports updated, get then ordered, etc etc etc...
And still we have people that just don't have a CLUE....
These laws and requirements should have been involked years ago...
I just can't believe how many people wait until the last possible moment or lets go on a vacation and take the kids, and get to the airport and OOOPS no passports for the kiddies...
Or expired ones on the adults...
Sorry but the US government wouldn't have to do this if people would wake up and smell the coffee...
And we would have other issues if our government would just enforce the laws on the books as well...
Sorry....
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OTTAWAThe days of chasing a doctor or accountant to sign your passport application will soon be over.
Come this fall, you could just have your wife, husband or older child sign it for you.
In a bid to speed the processing of passport applications and reduce a backlog, the federal government is easing the requirements for getting the travel documents.
Soon to be gone is the burdensome demand that a "professional" attest to your identity on your application for a passport renewal.
And if you're applying for a passport for the first time, you'll be able to get another passport holder to sign it for you.
"The volume (of applications) has been substantially increased, and we had to respond to that," Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay told reporters at an Ottawa passport office yesterday as he unveiled the changes.
Passport Canada is processing 20,000 passports a day after being swamped with applications from Canadians trying to meet the U.S.
Demand for passports for cross-border trips.
The office has been able to reduce the waiting time to two weeks for applications made in person.
But people who mail their passport requests still face a backlog of 170,000 applications and a 10-week wait.
But officials said the coming changes would streamline the process and cut waiting times.
Under the changes announced yesterday:
Canadians who hold a valid passport, and who are eligible, will be able to renew it without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration.
Most Canadian adult passport holders will be able to act as guarantors for first-time applicants.
To be a guarantor, a person must hold a five-year Canadian passport that is either valid or expired for less than a year, be at least 18 and have known the applicant for at least two years.
The department intends to hold "passport clinics" across the country with emphasis on border areas where officials will answer questions and review applications to ensure the paperwork is in order.
Under the "simplified" renewal program that kicks in Aug.
15, eligible Canadians will be able to use a shorter form, two new photos, the fee and their last passport.
Gone are the requirements to submit proof of citizenship, other identification and a guarantor's declaration.
But to take advantage of the new procedures, Canadians must be living in Canada at the time they make their application as well as at the time of their previous application.
And they must have been at least 16 years old when they received their previous passport.
As well, their previous passport must have been valid for five years, issued after Jan.
31, 2002; never damaged or reported as lost or stolen;
And issued under their current name.
The new guarantor provision will take effect on Oct.
1.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:35 am
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Well now doesn't that all just defeat the purpose...
"Microsoft Windows [n.]: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." - Unknown
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:06 pm
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I have to think this is an over simplification of if and when changes occur .
If true , I applaud the renewal of passports changes.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:57 pm
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I'm just thinkin' that if they make it easier to get one (family members can be guarantor etc.), then it devalues the security aspect...I already have one..so I could care less really...lol
"Microsoft Windows [n.]: A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." - Unknown
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:23 pm
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Http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/08/passports.ap/index.html
Greetings
Mogens
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:28 pm
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Quote: : How long have we been talking about this?
How long has it been advertised that you need to get your passports updated, get then ordered, etc etc etc...
And still we have people that just don't have a CLUE....
These laws and requirements should have been involked years ago...
I just can't believe how many people wait until the last possible moment or lets go on a vacation and take the kids, and get to the airport and OOOPS no passports for the kiddies...
Or expired ones on the adults...
Sorry but the US government wouldn't have to do this if people would wake up and smell the coffee...
And we would have other issues if our government would just enforce the laws on the books as well...
Sorry....
Tom, I totally agree with you 100%.
Is there room on your soap box for me?
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There is always room for you babe...
There were some posts on that other board (TA) where they were talking about his very topic, it is like where are all the travel agents, because not everybody is booking all their vacations on line - so why aren't getting the information - obviously they are not reading their travel sections in their local newspapers either...
oh well live and learn...
I am just glad that we have had ours for 20 yrs now...
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Some more passport horror stories.
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/06/passport_proble.html
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:20 pm
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