Travel Tips and Passport Information

The Department of State Says: No Passport Application for You!

At least, not this Saturday: If you were planning to submit your passport application this weekend during the Department of State’s “Passport Day in the USA” event,   there’s some bad news: Passport Day has been postponed indefinitely due to the impending government shut down.

This Saturday was supposed to be the third year for the annual event, in which passport offices, which normally keep banker’s hours, open their doors on a Saturday to accept passport applications.

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A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to Get My Passport Photo…

Getting a passport photo is one of those tasks that never seems to go as planned. It’s like school picture day all over again: Blemishes pop up unexpectedly in all the wrong places, carefully styled hair gets blown every which way by the wind on the way into the store, the fluorescent lighting wreaks havoc with your complexion, and the picture that will represent you to foreign immigration officials for the next 10 years ends up looking more like a mug shot.

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Got Your Tax Refund? Get a Passport!

Are you getting a refund this year? Why not use the money to go out and see the world, or at least part of it? Travel blog Jaunted suggests a trip to the Bahamas, but that’s definitely not your only option.

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Need a New Passport? Passport Day in the USA is April 9th!

The US Department of State has announced that they’re bringing back “Passport Day in the USA” for the third year in a row on Saturday, April 9th. Just like last year, acceptance facilities (post offices, etc) and regional passport agencies alike will be to open and waiting to accept your new passport application.

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Passport Statistics
What percentage of people in each state have a valid US passport.

How Likely Are Your Neighbors to Have a US Passport?

Do you need a passport to keep up with Joneses? The answer might depend, in part, on where you live. C. G. P. Grey, a professional time management coach currently living in London, used data from the government website Data.gov

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