{"id":2254,"date":"2011-12-01T23:05:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T04:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2019-08-22T20:09:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:09:05","slug":"do-you-need-a-passport-to-go-to-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/blog\/do-you-need-a-passport-to-go-to-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need a Passport to Go to Hawaii?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One question we get with some frequency here at RushMyPassport is this: &#8220;Do I need a passport to go to Hawaii?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2qea59vi8or.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/luau-hawaii-beach.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2739 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d2qea59vi8or.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/luau-hawaii-beach-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2qea59vi8or.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/luau-hawaii-beach-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2qea59vi8or.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/luau-hawaii-beach.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s easy to understand why there might be some confusion about this issue. After all, depending on where in the mainland you&#8217;re starting from, Hawaii is anywhere from 5 to 12 hours away by plane. It&#8217;s also an exotic place, with its own tropical culture and its own language (though just about everyone speaks English).<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\">Wikipedia<\/a>, here are some additional fun facts about what makes Hawaii unique:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the only state that not geographically located in North America.<\/li>\n<li>It is the only state that is completely surrounded by water.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the only state where coffee is grown (and if you visit, send me back a bag of Kona, would you?)<\/li>\n<li>It is the only state that has royal palaces.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, it is the only state without a single straight line in its boundary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, no matter how far away it is or how different it is, Hawaii is part of the United States. It became a state in 1959. The 50th star on the flag? That&#8217;s for Hawaii.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That means that even though it&#8217;s halfway across the world, you can fly there with nothing more than a driver&#8217;s license or state ID, just as if you were flying to any of the states in the mainland.<strong>You do not need a passport for travel between the US mainland and Hawai<\/strong>i-only if your itinerary includes a third country would that become necessary.<\/p>\n<p>However, that being said, a valid US passport may be required for a Hawaiian cruise, if the itinerary includes stops in other countries like Mexico or Canada. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\/core\/faq.aspx?icid=CC_Header_466#q-544391\">Carnival Cruise Line<\/a> requires that passengers on all of its Hawaii cruises have passports. So, always check the itinerary and check with your cruise line to ensure you have the necessary documentation.<\/p>\n<p>If you do need a passport at the last minute,\u00a0 RushMyPassport can help. We hand-deliver your application paperwork to the Department of State, for processing in as little as 24 hours. Even better, there&#8217;s no need to make an appointment or travel to a passport office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushmypassport.com\/\">Need a passport quickly<\/a>? 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