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From: Ari on 12 Jun 2010 16:23 On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:25:20 +0200, peter wrote: > Many countries will not accept a driver's license as ID contrary to what is > suggested by Charles, as American driver's licenses are issued by the states > and states are not nations. Yep. -- Ari's Fun Times! http://tr.im/hrFG Motto: Run, rabbit, Run!
From: Dillon Pyron on 13 Jun 2010 20:38 [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") -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: Dillon Pyron on 13 Jun 2010 20:39 [Default] Thus spake Lee <no(a)2.spam>: >On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:36:41 -0500, Dillon Pyron >Okay, this doesn't >apply anymore, but back around 98 Continental ran a >>special. $99 each way Houston to Paris. > >Paris, Texas? Yeah, and then on to Athens and finally Palestine. -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: Dillon Pyron on 13 Jun 2010 20:40 [Default] Thus spake Ari <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>: >On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:38:37 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote: > >> [Default] Thus spake "LVTravel" <none(a)nothere.com>: >> >>> >>> >>>"Ohioguy" <none(a)none.net> wrote in message >>>news:27dPn.124143$gv4.62731(a)newsfe09.iad... >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> http://cruises.about.com/cs/officialinfo/ht/passport.htm >>>> >>>> At first I read the above article, which has no date but is still >>>> "dated", evidently, because it said no passport is needed for cruises to >>>> the Caribbean. It mentioned a "Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative" or >>>> somesuch card, which I guess has now been replaced with a "US Passport >>>> Card". >>>> >>>> Anybody ever used a "US Passport Card" ?? It is unlikely that I'll be >>>> flying to another country, so that would probably be fine with me. >>> >>>Even if you do not need a passport to cruise if something happened and you >>>had to fly home in an emergency you would have great issues in getting back >>>into the US. The passport is necessary to fly into the US. >> >> In the event that you need to fly back to the US, TSA can hold you for >> up to three business days while they determine your status. If you >> actually need to be hospitalized you'll go, but you'll have a "guest" >> with you. And your family will get to sit around in a room in (not >> at) the airport. > >Three days min. If they decide to invoke a security status, as long as >they want. Yeah, but at least you won't get a free trip back to the Caribbean. To that oh so special island. Or chunk thereof. -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog!
From: Dillon Pyron on 13 Jun 2010 20:40
[Default] Thus spake Ari <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>: >On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:08:14 -0500, Kenn Smith wrote: > >> I would not set foot outside the US without a valid passport in my >> possession. > >+1000 Very much agreed. -- - dillon I am not invalid Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth) March 1998 - June 2010 What a dog. What a dog! |