Summer vacations may require passport
Starting June 1, Americans will need a passport to travel to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean countries. March 27th, 2009 @ 6:05pm
By Randall Jeppesen
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passport to Utah county isn't it a different country?
@chucke20 - ...Don't give these people there too many ideas since they want nothing more than to shelter their kids from the rest of the "real world!" :-)
All people of all countries worship us at our feet. Why should we have passports? The world belongs to us!
@Ordinary guy - it's to let you get back into THIS country.
@DR DON - so why do they check them going INTO the other countries?
@Simon Cowels mean Brother - They check them because you have them, but they want your tourist dollars and Dr. DON is correct, this isn't a issue of them requiring you have them this is a issue of your government requiring you have them to come home.
Sorry, but yes your government screws you again. You can run across the boarder with nothing for paperwork but to come in the front door your treated like the dirt you are.... a tax paying citizen.
Sorry, but yes your government screws you again. You can run across the boarder with nothing for paperwork but to come in the front door your treated like the dirt you are.... a tax paying citizen.
@Simon Cowels mean Brother - because countries like Canada won't let you into their country unless they know you can leave. If you dont have a passport to get back home Canada denies you entry
At what point do Americans become fed up with the bureaucracy and red tape from our Government???
Think about this:
- You can't travel outside of America unless you pay a fee
- You cannot return to America w/o paying (unless you sneak in)
- You cannot travel unless you REGISTER
- you cannot travel unless you apply for a permit
- you cannot travel unless you officially request it
- you cannot return until you pay taxes on whatever you bought
Seriously, I can't even go from Utah to Alaska without Uncle Sam getting in a twist???
Do you REALLY feel free anymore?
Are we as free as we were 20 years ago?
ARE WE GOING TO BE THIS "FREE" IN 20 MORE YEARS????
Scary....
Think about this:
- You can't travel outside of America unless you pay a fee
- You cannot return to America w/o paying (unless you sneak in)
- You cannot travel unless you REGISTER
- you cannot travel unless you apply for a permit
- you cannot travel unless you officially request it
- you cannot return until you pay taxes on whatever you bought
Seriously, I can't even go from Utah to Alaska without Uncle Sam getting in a twist???
Do you REALLY feel free anymore?
Are we as free as we were 20 years ago?
ARE WE GOING TO BE THIS "FREE" IN 20 MORE YEARS????
Scary....
and also the new passports are chipped (RFID). They, as in the people who scan them, will be able to see all kinds of information about you. Our government is becoming "big brother" whether we like it or not.
Very scary...
Very scary...
@Paulsgoddess - They can find that same information by typing in your name. Chips, barcodes, mag strips, just eliminate the need for all that typing and speed up the process of getting through immigration.
As one who has been in that line many times, I'm all for speeding up the process. However, I will draw the line when they want to insert a chip inside me.
As one who has been in that line many times, I'm all for speeding up the process. However, I will draw the line when they want to insert a chip inside me.
SINCE i have to have a PASSPORT to go to Mexico now, the mexicians must have one to come here. GOOD DEAL
is another way of keeping track of your where abouts and should you exceed your stay from what you told immigration. They will come looking for you. I travel to the Caribbean, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada and South America a great deal. Most of the countries are very friendly. I have had more issues with certain states then any country. Having a passport is helpful when filing out an I-9 form.
Will this hurt travel? Cruising for the weekend? The Caribbean islands? It should be good for places like Puerto Rico and such but this just makes traveling harder. Good thing I have no money and can't go anywhere anyway.
@Iluthradanar - Iluthradanar,
Puerto Rico is part of the United States...you do not need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico. You just need a government issued photo ID...like a driver's license. You'll go through agriculture...but other then that...it's like going through any other U.S. state. Unless you are going on a boat somewhere outside Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is part of the United States...you do not need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico. You just need a government issued photo ID...like a driver's license. You'll go through agriculture...but other then that...it's like going through any other U.S. state. Unless you are going on a boat somewhere outside Puerto Rico.
I had to have a passport when i had a layover in canada last july. this actually happened a couple years ago i dont know how it is newsworthy again??? ksl where have you been the last year?
See what happens if your visa expires and Mexico and word gets out that you're there illegally.
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=26677
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=26677
flaunting wealth don't always pay.
having kids out of control in Mexico and the usa too can be costly. Let him spend time there.
Who are the other families? they said four kids.
I personally love the back lash at mexico and I can 't wait for all the gnaccos to be send home. South America is full of wonderfull people, why do we have to deal with Mexico?
having kids out of control in Mexico and the usa too can be costly. Let him spend time there.
Who are the other families? they said four kids.
I personally love the back lash at mexico and I can 't wait for all the gnaccos to be send home. South America is full of wonderfull people, why do we have to deal with Mexico?
Land of the Free?????????????????
@Pleasinreason - Don't worry about it. Just don't take your vacation in summer.
@Ordinary guy - I plan all my vacations for the spring and fall, and i never need my passport, but watch out once June 21st comes around.
Makes sense, track americans but not illegal foreign nationals. The article said nothing about requireing a passpost to get back in to the US, just to enter other countries. America does not require passports or even a green card to cross our borders. The US has no intention of interfering with illegal aliens forcing their way across our borders. The US has long abandoned their rights of soverignty as a nation, borders are open to every illegal wishing to enter and become wards of the government and tax payers.
Corporate america says we have to have illegals to keep the american workers suppressed, out of jobs, and working for poverty income. We must keep illegals in the US to further damage our economy and keep us from recovering. The US government is dragging its feet and doing nothing to help the economy of the american workers. It's time for business to take a back seat and put the american people first or we will never see any economic recovery.
Corporate america says we have to have illegals to keep the american workers suppressed, out of jobs, and working for poverty income. We must keep illegals in the US to further damage our economy and keep us from recovering. The US government is dragging its feet and doing nothing to help the economy of the american workers. It's time for business to take a back seat and put the american people first or we will never see any economic recovery.
Guess I will just cut a hole in the fence and go to Mexico that way. Yeah that's right I will be an American illegal immigrant living in Mexico.
@Billy_Jack - It's where people GO on these passports that worry me. Dubai is very popular...you couldn't pay me to go there. Or Kuwait. Lebanon. Egypt. Morocco.
Need I say more.
Need I say more.
@Antenna Girl - Let me explain to those of you who aren't familiar with geography. The nations I mentioned are Islamic and Americans don't win any popularity contests there.
If I'm going to travel to a place that the American Embassy warns me about, I ain't going.
Passport or no passport, travel is very, very, risky now.
If I'm going to travel to a place that the American Embassy warns me about, I ain't going.
Passport or no passport, travel is very, very, risky now.
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