U.S. Citizens with pending passport applications allowed temporary travel flexibility within western hemisphere.
The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security announced June 7, 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.
Keep in mind that your passport application has to be in process.
Countries that always required a passport (Tahiti, Costa Rica, New Zealand etc.) still have the same requirement.
You can print an application and read all about a passport at http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
For your convenience we will again be offering a Saturday Passport Fair in August. Date and time to be announced. I'll post as soon as we set the date.
The best advise I can give is to apply for your passport as early as possible. Once you have it, you're going to love how easy it is to travel. No messy papers to keep track of, just one small book and it's good for 10 years! Do it now!
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