New passport rules for Americans

New Passport Rules May Mean Delays
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Image by Peter Kuper
New York Times
October 1, 2006


For years, an American adult needed only a valid driver's license and birth certificate to go back and forth between the States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Panama and most Caribbean islands. Children needed just birth certificates. But as of Jan. 8, passports will be required for almost everyone entering the United States through airports and seaports, no matter where they are coming from. The same requirement will go into effect for land crossings from Canada or Mexico on Jan. 1, 2008.

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