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Want to Visit Cuba Legally? Get Your Passport Application Now!

If you’ve always wanted to visit Cuba without breaking the law, you’d better get your passport application in now. Under President Obama, the US Treasury Department has begun to issue “people-to-people” licenses to travel companies, allowing them to take ordinary Americans on guided tours of the island. But nobody knows how this will last, so you’d better get your passport application in and go while the getting is good! passport application

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This Summer, Get an Express Passport to Help Japan Rebuild
By Passport Editorial

It's been over three months since Japan was wracked by devastating earthquakes and a massive tsunami. While the country's troubles have mostly faded from the headlines, they are far from over. In fact, more than 11,000 people are still stranded, with no place to call home. If you want to visit the country in person to help, Inside Japan has the tour for you (via Jaunted). The four-day package includes a trip to hard-hit Tohoku to work on disaster cleanup…

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Worried About Mexico? Get a Passport and Head Further South
By Passport Editorial

Drug-fueled violence has been simmering over in certain parts of Mexico for well over a year now. The State Department has issued official travel warning after official travel warning to keep US citizens informed of the situation, most recently in April. With horror stories coming in from across the border on a semi-regular basis, many US citizens have decided that it might be more prudent to take a summer vacation elsewhere. It should be noted that only certain parts of…

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The Great Passport Switcheroo
By Passport Editorial

A passport mix-up at Seattle's Sea-Tac airport left a teenage girl searching for an emergency passport on Thursday, according to MSNBC.com. The teenager, Katie Cardinal, was traveling with a group that included her cousin, her grandmother and a family friend. Katie, her cousin and her grandmother stepped up to the ticket counter together and handed over their passports at the same time. What happened next was like something out of "The Twilight Zone."  According to Rosalie, the grandmother: ""We gave…

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Lost Passport Grounds Travel Blogger
By Passport Editorial

For more than 5 years, popular travel blogger Nomadic Matt has traveled the world almost nonstop. Unfortunately, passport mishaps can happen to anyone, even the most seasoned travel veterans. Earlier this month, disaster struck Nomadic Matt in the form of a lost passport. Within minutes of exiting a plane, he realized he'd left his passport behind. Unfortunately, a few minutes was all it took for the lost passport to vanish forever. Matt calls this "the worst thing that has happened…

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New York Representatives Try to Reduce Passport Application Costs
By Passport Editorial

*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35.   Getting a passport has never been more essential for anyone who wants to travel outside of the US. Laws that became effective over the past few years have made passports necessary where they weren't before, including many trips to Mexico and Canada. Unfortunately, passport application fees have also never been more expensive. Last July, passport prices increased…

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What Happens If You Travel Without Any Blank Passport Pages?
By Passport Editorial

Before you leave the country, it pays to check the back of your passport and make sure you have a few blank pages left. Those pages can fill up faster than you realize! A full passport might seem like an enviable problem to have, but what happens if you try to travel without any blank pages? It's tempting to think that you could make it work as long as the passport itself is still valid, but in most cases, you…

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Stolen Passport Makes Puts a Damper on Being John Malkovich
By Passport Editorial

In the 1999 film Being John Malkovich, actor John Malkovich plays a fictional version of himself grappling with a surreal variety of identity theft: a "portal" that allowed other people to take control of his brain. Now, he's the victim of a much more prosaic type: a stolen passport. According to Reuters, Malkovich's passport was stolen from his Prague hotel room last Friday, along with two cell phones. A spokeswoman for the Mandarin Oriental hotel told Reuters that "We can…

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Your US Passport Photo: How Close to Reality is It?
By Passport Editorial

A US passport issued to an adult is valid for ten years. A lot can happen in that period of time, especially where your personal appearance is concerned. Weight can be gained or lost, haircuts can change and if you're surgically-inclined, you might even get a new nose or lips. A new photojournalism project by Suren Manvelyan and Biayna Mahari on the Behance Network showcases just how much of a difference a few years can make. The project compares old-but-still-valid…

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