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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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Lost Passport Cracks The Case for British Cops
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Pro tip: If you're going to commit a crime of some sort, you might want to leave your passport at home. I'll bet Dozy Kenneth Morgan, a 48-year-old crook from the UK, wishes he had left his behind. According to The Sun, the newly released ex-con was robbing a house in London when the homeowner returned. He got away through the kitchen window, but fortunately for the homeowner, the rest of the neighborhood and society in general, the police were…

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Government Considers Denying Passport Services to Tax Cheats
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One common question we get asked here at RushMyPassport is whether or not you can be denied a passport if you owe taxes. In most cases, the answer is no: the IRS does not share its tax data with the Department of State, and current law does not allow passports to be denied simply because you owe the government money (though if you've got a criminal case against you for tax evasion, that might be a different story). But that…

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Same Day Passport Office Now Open in El Paso
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Lost amidst fears of a budget shutdown last week was a bit of welcome news for US citizens living in El Paso, Texas: A new emergency passport office is now open downtown. The office is the 24th regional Passport Agency office to open in the United States. Unlike your local post office, these facilities only handle emergency applications, typically issuing passports within 24 hours.  Previously, before the office opened, El Paso residents who needed same day passport services had a…

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Your Journey Around the World Starts With a New Passport
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Have you ever wanted to drop everything and travel the world for a while? Well, what are you waiting for? When it comes to making a major life change like that, there's never going to be a "perfect" time to do it, so you might as well start planning now. To help you get started, I've collected a list of resources from around the intertubes: TravelHacking.org: Chris Guillebeau of the popular travel blog The Art of Nonconformity wants to let…

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The Department of State Says: No Passport Application for You!
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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. That's  a big…

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

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Got Your Tax Refund? Get a Passport!
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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. To help you make the most of your tax refund, here are 4 travel deals worth investigating: 3 Nights in Columbia for $999 : Offered by LivingSocial, this package gets you and someone else four days and three nights…

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Need a New Passport? Passport Day in the USA is April 9th!
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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. During last year's event, at least 57,000 people used the opportunity to turn in their passport applications on a weekend (per Jaunted). Since many acceptance facilities and…

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