I'm planning on traveling this summer however I haven't recieved my passport yet and it could take another week or so to get it. A friend told me that we could travel just for this summer without a passport is this true?
2007-06-16 11:39:09 · 6 answers · asked by dlv312 1 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
US legislators yesterday approved a report pushing back the deadline by which travelers must have a passport to enter the US by land to June 1, 2009. The new rule will apply to land travel between Canada, Mexico and the US; travelers, including US citizens, must still have a passport by January 8 (edited 11/06: deadline moved to January 23), 2007, for all other international travel.
Currently, no passport is required for travel between the US and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda and Panama; a government issued photo id and a birth certificate suffice. Read the background on the new passport legislation or continue reading this article...
2007-06-16 11:42:47 · answer #1 · answered by melissaw77 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need a passport!! Depending on where and how you are traveling there is an exception. If you are taking a cruise this summer I know that all you need is a copy of your birth certificate. It is wise to have a passport in case of an emergency, it's harder to fly home if you don't have one.
Exceptions: Until January 2008, a US passport is not required to drive across a border or to take a cruise (land or sea travel). But what if in 2007 you decided to drive and then wanted to fly back? You might want that passport anyway. If you get your passport now, you will be ahead of the 2008 land and sea travel requirements. If you snooze…no cruise.
2007-06-16 11:47:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lil's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the very high amount of passport requests by the US government (and the long delay in receiving them) the United States has made a slight exception for travelers traveling to the carribean, mexico or canada. These travelers must have government IDs and proof that they sent in their application for a US passport.
I write a travel blog and have the link to the specific article on my blog (underneath the trip planning article)
You can check it out at
http://www.scottstravelblog.com
2007-06-16 11:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you are travelling to. You always have to meet the rules of the country you are travelling TO.
However the US rules have been relaxed for RETURN to the US because of the delays in issuing passports. If you are returning from Mexico, Canada, Bermuda, Caribbean by air, and you have applied for the passport, then you can re-enter US without it.
Full details at:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
2007-06-16 11:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by heckenhocker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for air travel, you do.
for ground/sea travel to Canada, Greenland, Mexico or the Carribean, you do not - this has been delayed to 2009. For other countries, you do.
2007-06-16 11:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, if anything they're making it harder to travel, not easier.
2007-06-16 11:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Thompson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋