![]() ![]() I’m glad to have one less thing to worry about if the regulations change again. As it turned out, the regs changed a week later, so she may not need one after all.Įven so, I’m glad we did it. She smiled for the camera, I wrote the checks (one for the passport, another for the photos), and the nice lady behind the counter took care of the rest. So, that’s why I took my daughter down to city hall to get her passport a few weeks ago. ![]() We certainly don’t need any more of that. The latest version takes a more piecemeal approach that’s inconsistent, potentially inequitable, and likely to cause more, not less, confusion at the border this winter. The regulations that were set to go into effect in January applied across the board - everybody was expected to have a passport, whether they were traveling by airplane, cruise ship, or VW minivan. Honestly, I have only one issue with the whole situation. (For travelers 16 or over, they’re good for 10 years for those 15 and younger, five years.) Keep traveling and that “premium” eventually works out to about the price of a couple of piña coladas. Let’s call it $100 even, which applied to, say, a three- or four-night cruise - the scenario the cruise industry likes to cite - is like tacking on a premium of 25 percent or more.Ĭlearly, that can be a hefty hunk of change, but it conveniently ignores one fact: Your passport is valid long after your sail-and-sign card no longer works at the bar. passport costs $97 for adults, $82 for children 15 and younger (photos not included). (Approximately 27 percent of Americans currently have one.) And, I’m sorry, but I don’t buy the arguments about the cost or inconvenience.Ĭurrently, a new U.S. Personally, I think everybody who travels outside the country should have a passport. In other words, if you’re cruising to Cozumel, bon voyage if you’re flying to Barbados without a passport, you may experience a few bumps on the flight back home. If you’re traveling by land or sea, however, you can go without until at least 2008. Barring additional changes, it breaks down like this: If you’re planning on visiting Mexico or the Caribbean and traveling by air, you will need a passport to get back into the U.S.
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