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Passport Editorial

RushMyPassport Editorial Team

Passport Editorial represents the combined expertise of RushMyPassport's passport advisors, operations team, and travel documentation specialists. With hands-on experience assisting thousands of U.S. citizens with their passport applications, our team writes and reviews content to ensure accuracy, practical guidance, and up-to-date information — because when your travel is on the line, you need advice from people who do this every day.

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Driving to Mexico or Canada? What Can I Use As Proof of Travel?
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When you apply for an emergency passport, whether it's at a Passport Agency office or through an expediting company, the Department of State requires you to prove that you do in fact have an emergency. When you make an appointment at a Passport Agency office, you must bring a hard copy of your itinerary to show that you will be leaving the country within the next 14 days. If you're using an expediter, you must include proof of travel in…

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Before You Cruise This Summer, Get a Passport
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Are you planning a cruise this summer? Before you set sail, here's some advice: learn from the woeful tale of the Frantz family of Cleveland, Ohio, and get a passport. Many, if not most, cruisers tend to head to port with documents that meet just the minimum requirements to board. For so-called "closed-loop" cruises to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean that begin and end at the same US port, that means just a wallet-sized passport card or even a driver's…

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Get Your Passport Application in Now for Summer Travel
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Do you have summer travel plans yet? We've combed the web to find the coolest, most interesting summer vacation ideas for 2011. If you don't know where you're going yet, perhaps one of the following destinations will pique your interest: Skiing in Patagonia, Argentia:  If lounging on the beach isn't your thing, follow winter down to the southern hemisphere to enjoy world-class skiing in Patagonia. With resorts and terrain that cater to everyone from beginners to experts, this remote corner…

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Who Signs A Child’s Passport?
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Getting a passport for a minor can be a bit of an ordeal. Once you finally have your child's passport in hand, another question arises: Who signs it? Do you, or does the child? What if your child is too young to write? You're not alone in wondering - this is a common question for parents to ask. The answer depends on the age and writing ability of your child. You have to make a judgement call: can your child…

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Lost Passport? UK Passport Agency Says “Check Your Trash Can”
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The UK's Identity and Passport Service just released the results of a study that looked at replacement passport applications to determine where and how passports are most likely to be lost. Like the US, the UK has citizens applying to replace a lost passport fill out a questionnaire explaining exactly what happened to the missing document. According to the statistics, one of the most common ways to lose a passport in the UK is to accidentally throw it away, according…

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Your US Passport: Don’t Leave For Canada Without It!
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When you head out to catch a flight to Canada, what's the one thing you shouldn't leave home without? Hint: It's not your American Express card! It's your US passport, which you'll need to get on the flight. Evan Longoria, the third baseman for the Tampa Rays, found that out the hard way when he tried to catch a charter flight with his teammates to Toronto. As he explained to the St. Petersburg Times, "First road trip of the year…

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How Zach Braff Made It to Canada Without a Passport Renewal
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More proof that passport problems can happen to anyone: Zach Braff, the actor and director who starred the in the popular TV series Scrubs and the movie Garden State, almost didn't make it to Toronto for the premiere of his latest indie flick, The High Cost of Living. The culprit? An expired passport. As reported on Canada's National Post website, the drama came to light on Twitter, when Braff tweeted from the airport, "My passport expired on my birthday. The…

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State Department Considers New Passport Questionnaire
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The Department of State is considering creating a new passport form, and the public comment period on the proposal ends Tuesday, April 26th. According to San Antonio's Ken5.com, the new form, which would be called DS-5513, is a biographical questionnaire that the Department of State would send out whenever a passport applicant "submits citizenship or identity evidence that is insufficient or of questionable authenticity." In other words, if you have a delayed birth certificate filed more than one year after…

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