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Get A Fast Passport to Celebrate Halloween in Rome

By Passport Editorial

Rome might seem like an unlikely place to travel and celebrate Halloween. After all, what's scary about pasta, pizza, fine wine and gelato (except, perhaps, for the resulting effects on your waistline)? The Eternal City is beautiful and filled with life, but there's also a darker, haunting undertone to the city as well. And what better time to explore it than Halloween, traditionally the day when the spirits of the dead get to come back and mingle with the living?…

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New Passport Office to Open in San Diego Next Year

By Passport Editorial

In an attempt to keep up with increasing demand, the US Department of State is expanding the number of regional passport agency offices capable of issuing emergency passports. One new office is planned for San Diego, California. On August 10th, the Department of State is holding a tour of the future site of the new office, which is currently scheduled to open to the public in the spring of next year. In a press release, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State…

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Ohio State University Urges Students: Get a Passport

By Passport Editorial

Ohio State University is trying to make sure its incoming freshman class considers a passport as much of a college essential as pens, pencils and a laptop.  According to the Columbus Dispatch, OSU intends to double the number of passport-carrying students attending the university, primarily by encouraging its incoming freshman to apply and by creating shorter, more accessible study-abroad programs. For example, students are being encouraged to get a passport at freshman orientation, and the school is offering a variety…

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Get Your Passport Application To Fly South With Virgin America

By Passport Editorial

Geese migrate south in the fall, and now you can, too.  According to Jaunted, Virgin America is scheduled to start flights south of the border in the fall, to Cancun and Cab0 San Lucas.  The new route was announced at an anniversary party commemorating the launch of Virgin America's first international destination, Toronto, last year. If you'd like to be one of the first to fly Virgin's new Mexican routes, you'd better get your passport application in now. Flights are…

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Get a Passport to Stay in the Godfather’s House

By Passport Editorial

Fans of the "Godfather" series of books and movies now have a new reason to get a passport: Naples has repossessed the properties of  mafia leaders and is turning them into retreats for tourists, according to the New York Times. For example, a 17th-century farmhouse owned by Bernardo Brusca, former capo of one of Sicily's more notorious crime families, is now a luxurious bed and breakfast.  In the Times article, Emiliano Rocchi, the head chef of the bed and breakfast,…

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Expedited Passports in Philadelphia

By Passport Editorial

According to the US Department of State, it usually takes about 6-8 weeks to process a passport application and issue a new passport. But what if you can't wait?  There are lots of reasons you could need an expedited passport; anything from a sudden unexpected international trip to a passport that isn't where it was last time you checked. Philadelphia residents who are unable to wait 6 weeks for a new passport have 3 options. Travelers have options to get…

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US Passport Renewal to Travel Along Germany’s Fairy Tale Road

By Passport Editorial

Every child knows the stories of Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. If you've already done Disney, you might consider getting a US passport renewal, grabbing your kids, and heading to Germany to drive down the Fairy Tale Road to take them to the scene of these enchanting stories. The New York Times just ran a feature on the  Fairy Tale road, which connects the real, historical homes of the Brothers Grimm with sites that fit…

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