From: Dillon Pyron on
[Default] Thus spake Ohioguy <none(a)none.net>:

> I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on Monday.
> I was tempted to just get the Passport Card, but I checked over the
>list of countries, and 1 stop in the Caribbean was not on the list.
>This probably wouldn't have been a problem, because I'm not likely to go
>ashore a lot, but my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to Europe
>or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. I guess it will be convenient to already
>have the passport, if so.

It actually doesn't matter if you choose to go ashore on whatever
island (too lazy to look). If the ship stops there, you need proper
documentation.
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March 1998 - June 2010
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From: Charles on
Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron(a)austin.rr.com> wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Ohioguy <none(a)none.net>:
>
>> I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on
> > Monday.
>> I was tempted to just get the Passport Card, but I checked over the
>> list of countries, and 1 stop in the Caribbean was not on the list.
>> This probably wouldn't have been a problem, because I'm not likely to
> > go
>> ashore a lot, but my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to
> > Europe
>> or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. I guess it will be convenient to
> > already
>> have the passport, if so.
>
> It actually doesn't matter if you choose to go ashore on whatever
> island (too lazy to look). If the ship stops there, you need proper
> documentation.

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

--
Charles
From: Ari Silverstein on
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:28:46 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

> [Default] Thus spake Ari <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:38:17 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>
>>> [Default] Thus spake Ari <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:28:12 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [Default] Thus spake Stu <info(a)foodforu.ca>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:20:45 -0500, AZ Nomad
>>>>>><aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:00:42 -0400, Ohioguy <none(a)none.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> My wife was getting on me about getting a passport. I've never
>>>>>>>>needed one before, because when I went to Canada you still didn't need
>>>>>>>>one, and most of my travel is inside the US.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>why don't you read the documentation handed to you by the company
>>>>>>>you're cruising with?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you're crusin you need a passport, if you come to Canada next time
>>>>>>you'll need a passport.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not in any way correct. None whatsoever. Nowhere near.
>>>>
>>>>We'll see as the Real ID Card was to be the cross-Canadian identify
>>>>and travel tracking verification card. It's behind schedule so...
>>>
>>> But the Passport Card (or whatever name DHS has chosen this week) is
>>> out. And one can still cruise with government issued photo ID and an
>>> official birth certificate (or naturalization papers or other "proof")
>>
>>Sure can but it isn't DHS/DoD's version of the future. The Real ID
>>Card is.
>
> Unless you are in one of the states that has decided not to
> participate. Which leads to an interesting situation. You live in,
> for instance, New Hampshire and are called to federal jury duty. Well,
> without the Real ID certified DL you can't get into the building. Now
> what?

States are howling over the imposition of the Real ID card but in
Florida, to get a DL, you have to meet the Fed standards for ID. Which
is one of these, two of those, five of something else. I know. I
didn't have a SS card and being self-employed, they wouldn't take my
W-2 as a piece of the ID puzzle (which has ny SSN on it).

What this tells me is that they are playing the Fed's ID game
preparing for the inevitable transition to the Real ID card.

> I actually like that scenario. When they bust you for not appearing,
> ask for a jury trial.

That's evil.
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From: Jack Hamilton on
On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:

>Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
>documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
>not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

From: Ari Silverstein on
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:

> On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
>>documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
>>not.
>
> Is that true of crew members as well?

Absolutely.
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www.cruisequick.com - able to offer some of the lowest prices and best
value added in the industry. (not affiliated)