This year, the Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver, Canada. The games run from February 12th to February 28th, and since they are relatively close to us this year, a lot of Americans are expected to attend. If you’re one of them, make sure you are up to speed on the latest requirements for crossing the US/Canadian border.
Last year, those requirements changed.
Read ArticleWhat is the Passport Denial Program, and could it keep you from getting your passport?
The Passport Denial Program was set up to prevent parents who owe child support from being able to get a passport and leave the country.
Read ArticleIf you’re living under an assumed name, here’s a tip for you: Don’t apply for a US passport. Arturo Puente, a chief petty officer in the US Navy, learned this particular lesson the hard way.
Read ArticleStill looking for something to do on New Year’s Eve? Here are 4 good reasons to get a rush passport (if you don’t already have one), book a flight to Germany and celebrate New Year’s Eve (otherwise known as “Silvester”) in Berlin.
Read ArticleUsually, getting passport service is a fairly straightforward process. You fill out a passport application at a passport acceptance facility (often a post office, library, or County Clerk’s office) and provide them with the following documents to send to the Department of State along with your application:
However, for 86-year-old Katherine Young, getting passport service wasn’t that easy.
Read ArticleWhere is your US passport right now? Is it squirreled away in your desk drawer? In your purse? Still in the passport holder you wore around your neck on your last trip?
Read ArticleThere’s something satisfying about being first at something, don’t you think? If you’d like to cross the finish line into 2010 first, before most of the world’s population, consider catching a plane to Australia to catch the New Year’s bash in Sydney, which bills itself as the New Year’s capital of the world.
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