Tips on Getting a Passport!
#1
Posted 28 January 2006 - 06:41 PM
Here is some additional info:
US Passport info
This link will give you all the fees and time lines you'll need to consider. They won't guarantee you'll get it in time, either. So, start before you think you need one!
#2
Posted 29 January 2006 - 01:15 AM
If you need a passport, it will usually take at least 6 weeks for processing and transit. I’d recommend using expedited mail, such as FedEx overnight, both to the Passport office and back to your address, if you need the passport expedited
Here is some additional info:
US Passport info
This link will give you all the fees and time lines you'll need to consider. They won't guarantee you'll get it in time, either. So, start before you think you need one!
Somehow I think if I applyed for one it would take a lot longer than 6weeks not to mention most counties have a limit on the number of different passports you're allowed
Eric
#3
Posted 29 January 2006 - 08:15 AM
If you need a passport, it will usually take at least 6 weeks for processing and transit. I’d recommend using expedited mail, such as FedEx overnight, both to the Passport office and back to your address, if you need the passport expedited
Here is some additional info:
US Passport info
This link will give you all the fees and time lines you'll need to consider. They won't guarantee you'll get it in time, either. So, start before you think you need one!
Somehow I think if I applyed for one it would take a lot longer than 6weeks not to mention most counties have a limit on the number of different passports you're allowed
Eric
For you, yes, I think it would take somewhere around 6 years or so, lots of red tape, and you'd have to give up being a Canadian; some countries allow dual citizenship, the US is not one of those
#4
Posted 29 January 2006 - 08:39 AM
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#5
Posted 29 January 2006 - 09:03 AM
For you, yes, I think it would take somewhere around 6 years or so, lots of red tape, and you'd have to give up being a Canadian; some countries allow dual citizenship, the US is not one of those
I guess I shouldn't tell 'em about the other passports
Eric
#6
Posted 29 January 2006 - 09:13 AM
For you, yes, I think it would take somewhere around 6 years or so, lots of red tape, and you'd have to give up being a Canadian; some countries allow dual citizenship, the US is not one of those
I guess I shouldn't tell 'em about the other passports
Eric
hmmm, that may not be in your best interest!
#7
Posted 29 January 2006 - 03:51 PM
#8
Posted 30 January 2006 - 02:32 PM
For you, yes, I think it would take somewhere around 6 years or so, lots of red tape, and you'd have to give up being a Canadian; some countries allow dual citizenship, the US is not one of those
Actually, the US does allow dual citizenship for Canadians. The reason I know this is that my grandmother is dual, having both her Canadian and US passport.
#9
Posted 30 January 2006 - 06:52 PM
#10
Posted 31 January 2006 - 08:49 PM
For you, yes, I think it would take somewhere around 6 years or so, lots of red tape, and you'd have to give up being a Canadian; some countries allow dual citizenship, the US is not one of those
Actually, the US does allow dual citizenship for Canadians. The reason I know this is that my grandmother is dual, having both her Canadian and US passport.
I have friends who hold dual citizenship with the US and NZ as well. Originally US and moved to and became NZ citizens.
Edited by chinacat46, 31 January 2006 - 08:49 PM.
#11
Posted 31 January 2006 - 10:05 PM
Capt. Nemo...........20,000 Leagues under the Sea
#12 Guest_PlatypusMan_*
Posted 01 February 2006 - 01:59 AM
Are passports required for US citizens to go into Canada now?
As I understand the new regulations implemented by the US and other nations, yes; when leaving the confines of the the US border, you need a passport...especially for the return portion of the journey.
You can read about it AT THIS LINK HERE.
As to the dual citizenship angle, the State Department has apparently softened the hard-line position it once held nixing the idea for those wishing to keep their US citizenship and still hold an additional passport.
Technically, I should be able to obtain a passport from the nation I was born in, if Germany will issue it to me upon my request and I can establish a reasonable explanation for needing one (Mother was still a German citizen at the time). Rumour has it that Arnold Schwarzeneggar held both US and Austrian passports for years--and may in fact still do so despite holding office here.
At one time (this may still be going on), the State Department also issued extra passports to high-profile businessmen who travelled around the Middle East, so that they could produce documents that had no Isreali stamps when entering Arab nations and vice-versa (documented in an interesting book titled 'Selling Money' written by a banker from the era).
The most valid reason to me to carry an extra passport would be to be able to claim a different nationality in a tight spot--when terrorists take hostages, they generally try to get the passports of the folks they're holding specifically to target certain groups--like Americans.
Platypusman
...German? Who's German?? I happen to be Swiss....
Edited by PlatypusMan, 01 February 2006 - 02:10 AM.
#13
Posted 01 February 2006 - 09:44 AM
Are passports required for US citizens to go into Canada now?
As I understand the new regulations implemented by the US and other nations, yes; when leaving the confines of the the US border, you need a passport...especially for the return portion of the journey.
You can read about it AT THIS LINK HERE.
You don't need a passport until 2008 but it does make travel much easier to have one. Recent announcements have been, however, that the US is reconsidering making passports mandatory for travels to and from Canada and Mexico, and, instead, are thinking of issuing some sort of identity card that will suffice for travel around North America instead. Time will tell
#14
Posted 01 February 2006 - 04:10 PM
You don't need a passport until 2008 but it does make travel much easier to have one. Recent announcements have been, however, that the US is reconsidering making passports mandatory for travels to and from Canada and Mexico, and, instead, are thinking of issuing some sort of identity card that will suffice for travel around North America instead. Time will tell
Sigh, I guess that I'm going to have to get passports for each of my kids if I want to take them diving in Ontario. When I went up to Niagara Falls in the summer of 2004 with just my youngest, we got pulled into a room while the inspectors tore apart my motorhome. Apparently a single father with his son is cause for alarm even when he has joint custody, a birth certificate and social security card for his son. After more than a 2 hour delay, we finally were allowed in.
Edited by ScubaGypsy, 08 February 2006 - 08:57 PM.
Capt. Nemo...........20,000 Leagues under the Sea
#15
Posted 19 February 2006 - 12:33 PM
a notorized letter from the "other" parent giving you permission to take them out of the country ( and the dates) in any situation where you are leaving the country is REQUIRED...yep..my first trip to Mexico with my youngest son...we missed our flight..had to take one the next day...thank goodness dad lived within driving distance...I guess a fax would have worked.You don't need a passport until 2008 but it does make travel much easier to have one. Recent announcements have been, however, that the US is reconsidering making passports mandatory for travels to and from Canada and Mexico, and, instead, are thinking of issuing some sort of identity card that will suffice for travel around North America instead. Time will tell
Sigh, I guess that I'm going to have to get passports for each of my kids if I want to take them diving in Ontario. When I went up to Niagara Falls in the summer of 2004 with just my youngest, we got pulled into a room while the inspectors tore apart my motorhome. Apparently a single father with his son is cause for alarm even when he has joint custody, a birth certificate and social security card for his son. After more than a 2 hour delay, we finally were allowed in.
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