Su pasaporta por favor.
"Your passport, please." If you travel, you may have heard that. It might sound like "Su pasaporta por favor, " or maybe some other language. It's no problem if you have one, but if you don't, it could spoil your whole day. Or worse.
If you have any thoughts of traveling out of the country (I'm assuming that most of the folks who will read this live in the USA.), even if it's just Canada or Mexico or the Bahamas, you need to get a passport now. Sometimes the process takes weeks or even months, so plan ahead. If you need information about how to get a passport, call your Post Office. You will need a passport photo and a birth certificate. Prices of passports are going up. Last I heard was $50, but I'm sure it has gone up by now. Most passports are good for ten years.
A passport is a valuable thing to have. Airlines accept it as photo ID. If you get on board a cruise ship, you will need one. Yes, there are cruises that take you to US posessions, and territories, and if a few cases, a birth certificate and a driver's license might get you through, but the passport is quicker and and more reliable. Recently on a cruise to Hawaii and back, we needed passports. Fortunately we never travel very far without them. But isn't going from California to Hawaii and back just passing from one state to another? We made a very brief stop in Mexico. There is a rule that requires cruise lines to do that. I can't always explain rules.
Passing between the US to Canada used to be about as complicated as going between Kentucky and Tennessee, then they started looking for a driver's license or voter registration. Then they decided that a birth certificate and photo ID were needed. In a few months, a passport will be required.
Be ready.
If you have any thoughts of traveling out of the country (I'm assuming that most of the folks who will read this live in the USA.), even if it's just Canada or Mexico or the Bahamas, you need to get a passport now. Sometimes the process takes weeks or even months, so plan ahead. If you need information about how to get a passport, call your Post Office. You will need a passport photo and a birth certificate. Prices of passports are going up. Last I heard was $50, but I'm sure it has gone up by now. Most passports are good for ten years.
A passport is a valuable thing to have. Airlines accept it as photo ID. If you get on board a cruise ship, you will need one. Yes, there are cruises that take you to US posessions, and territories, and if a few cases, a birth certificate and a driver's license might get you through, but the passport is quicker and and more reliable. Recently on a cruise to Hawaii and back, we needed passports. Fortunately we never travel very far without them. But isn't going from California to Hawaii and back just passing from one state to another? We made a very brief stop in Mexico. There is a rule that requires cruise lines to do that. I can't always explain rules.
Passing between the US to Canada used to be about as complicated as going between Kentucky and Tennessee, then they started looking for a driver's license or voter registration. Then they decided that a birth certificate and photo ID were needed. In a few months, a passport will be required.
Be ready.
posted by Howard at 1:34 PM
1 Comments:
Do you know what shocked me about America is that hardly any of your population has a passport... meaning hardly anyone goes abroad. That's the only good thing about Britain is how easily you can get abroad from here!!! They're considering making the passport application process harder here ie putting every applicant through an interview before granting one which I think is ridiculous. Anyway... I do a blog too but it's quite different. I'm at gledwood2.blogspot.com. You're most welcome to pop round if you'd like.
All the Best now
Gledwood
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