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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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New Caribbean Resorts: Good Reason To Get a US Passport Renewal

Is your passport about to expire? Are you wondering if you should bother with the US passport renewal process, or just let it go for a while? The New York Times has a review of some new Caribbean resorts that just might motivate you to get down to the post office with your renewal application! All of the resorts the Times reviews focus on immersing travelers in local culture and local experiences. My favorite resort out of the 5 mentioned…

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Fast Passport? Puerto Ricans May Need New Birth Certificates

When you apply for a fast passport, it's important that you have all of your paperwork in order before you send in the application. After all, if you don't have the right documents, your application will be delayed, and that's the last thing you want to happen if you're about to leave the country. One of the most common mistakes people make when applying for a fast passport is using the wrong birth certificate, like a hospital or other unofficial…

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Get a Fast Passport And Snag Cheap Flights to the Bahamas

Fall is here, and the days and nights are starting to get a little bit chilly. I love fall, but my bones are starting to ache and I can't deny that I'd also  love to lounge on the beach and chase autumn's chill away with some sun and sand. Spirit Airlines' new special makes it much more affordable to do just that (via SmarterTravel). Right now, they're offering flights from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Nassau in the Bahamas and back…

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Passport Application Mistake Ruins Family’s Trip

*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35.   A Colorado woman's passport application mistake provides a stark reminder of the importance of having the correct documents when you travel. According to 9News.com, when Lara Marxhausen went to apply for passports for herself and her family for an upcoming trip to Mexico, the post office clerk suggested she save money by getting a passport card instead.…

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Emergency Passport Office Opens In Arkansas

The Department of State opened an emergency passport office in Hot Springs, Arkansas. According to the press release, the new office is located in an existing passport printing facility. The passport factory has been open since 2007 and more than 30 million US passports have been produced there since that time. Because passports are printed on-site, the office is able to offer extremely fast passport processing, allowing applicants to receive their documents within 24 hours. To be eligible to apply…

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Too Many Passport Stamps, Apply for an Early US Passport Renewal

When you run out of pages in your passport, you have to get more pages added or you won't be allowed to travel. Usually, adding pages is no big deal-in fact, until just this summer, the government didn't even charge for it. However, tech entrepreneur Sanjeev Midha had a passport so large, he had to get an early US passport renewal instead. According to AOL.com, Midha's passport had enough pages that it could almost qualify as a small novel: a…

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Get a Fast Passport to Attend the Ultimate Halloween Party

When I was a kid, Halloween was more than just October 31st. It was a month-long celebration, and usually included a trip to a Haunted House and/or a local theme park in addition to trick-or-treating on Halloween itself. For the past 10 years, the Ocean Park theme park in Hong Kong has taken that experience and put it on steroids with its "Halloween Bash." (h/t In Transit) This year is their 10th anniversary celebration, and they're pulling out all the…

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Lost Passport Leaves American Begging in Thailand

For Dean Mancuso, an American traveling in Thailand, a lost passport was more than just a temporary inconvenience. It actually left him stranded in Thailand, begging from other Americans in order to support his Thai wife and his two daughters. How could this happen? Well, for some reason, after he lost his passport, Mancuso didn't go to the embassy to get a new one. Without any identification, it was impossible for him to go home, to get a job, or…

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