A new passport office will open in Buffalo, New York later this year, according to ABC News. The Regional Passport Agency will be able to offer same-day passport service, making it easier for people living in western New York to deal with sudden trips across the border to Canada, which now require a passport.<\/p>\n
According to WIVB.com<\/a>, the new passport office will be located in the Warner Building on Genesee Street. It should be open this fall, in late September or early October. Until then, the closest place for citizens of Western New York to get a same-day passport issued is the passport office in New York City.<\/p>\n The Spectrum, the University of Buffalo’s student newspaper, quoted Representative Chris Lee as saying “Western New Yorkers need to have the ability to travel easily across our northern border. With a one-stop shop passport office located right in our community, Western New Yorkers will be able to more easily acquire valid travel documents while not having their need to conduct cross-border business negatively affected.\u201d<\/p>\n