Four US states (Washington, Michigan, New York and Vermont) have started offering enhanced driver’s licenses (EDL’s), which can be used instead of a passport to travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. If you live in one of these states, should you trade your old license in for an EDL, or should you get a passport?
Ultimately, the decision is yours to make, based on how often you travel out of the country and whether you usually drive or fly.
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Forty-one percent of U.S. citizens have a valid passport, but what is everyone else missing out on? As it turns out, a passport is more than just a travel document.
To kick off the Hilton Passport Project, Hilton Hotels & Resorts recently surveyed their guests to uncover the hidden benefits of having a passport.
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Do you need a passport to register to vote? In some states, you just might. Voters in Kansas, Alabama and Georgia are required to prove citizenship when they register to vote, using either a birth certificate or a passport.
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Planning a trip to Europe? Quick, check the expiration date on your passport! If it expires in 6 months or less from your arrival date, you’d better apply for a passport renewal now.
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The first US passports were simple pieces of paper. Times have changed, and today’s passports rely on cutting-edge technology to protect against forgery. While most of that technology is top-secret, here are four elements that distinguish a real passport from a fake.
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Worried about losing your passport? Most Americans don’t give the possibility a second thought, according to a new survey released by Mandala Research.
The group surveyed 1,000 Americans to gauge their concerns about lost or stolen passports.
Read ArticleWould you buy someone else’s long-expired passport? What if the passport showed that, many years ago, the person lived in the same place where you live now?
For Nuno Fonseca, a Portuguese medical student studying in Paris, the pull of the mystery represented by a 60-year-old passport he found at a flea market was too strong to resist.
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