PhyllisB
8th June 2007, 08:14 AM
So, I guess the new passport rules are causing mucho problemas... So the feds are easing up a bit....
This is from boston.com / The Boston Globe:
Feds suspend new US border rules to help ease backup in passport approvals this summer
By DEVLIN BARRETT and JENNIFER TALHELM, AP | June 8, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration on Friday suspended some of its new, post-Sept. 11 requirements for traveling abroad, hoping to placate Congress and irate summer travelers whose vacations have been thwarted by delays in processing their passports.
The proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Further down is this important tidbit:
"Until the end of September, travelers will be allowed to fly without a passport if they present a State Department receipt, showing they had applied for a passport, and government-issued identification, such as a driver's license."
Here's the link:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/08/feds_suspend_new_us_border_rules_to_help_ease_back up_in_passport_approvals_this_summer/
This is from boston.com / The Boston Globe:
Feds suspend new US border rules to help ease backup in passport approvals this summer
By DEVLIN BARRETT and JENNIFER TALHELM, AP | June 8, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration on Friday suspended some of its new, post-Sept. 11 requirements for traveling abroad, hoping to placate Congress and irate summer travelers whose vacations have been thwarted by delays in processing their passports.
The proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Further down is this important tidbit:
"Until the end of September, travelers will be allowed to fly without a passport if they present a State Department receipt, showing they had applied for a passport, and government-issued identification, such as a driver's license."
Here's the link:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/08/feds_suspend_new_us_border_rules_to_help_ease_back up_in_passport_approvals_this_summer/