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Get Your US Passport Renewal For a Wine Tour In Canada
By Passport Editorial

Are you over Napa Valley? If you'd like to go on a wine tour somewhere new and different, why not give the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia a try? As the New York Times reported, this wine-producing valley has grown up in the past couple of decades. Once the home of the type of cheap wine that college students tend to consume in quantity, the Okanagan Valley now produces a variety of wines capable of pleasing more mature palates. One…

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Enhanced Driver’s License or US Passport for Minnesota?
By Passport Editorial

According to this article on NorthlandsNewsCenter.com, Minnesotans will soon be able to purchase an enhanced driver's license, which can be used instead of a US passport to cross the border into Mexico or Canada. The new license will cost an extra $15 above and beyond the normal costs for getting a license in Minnesota. That makes it a much cheaper option than getting a US passport. In an article on local ABC affiliate WDIO.com, Minnesota state Rep. Roger Reinert, the…

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Got a US Passport Card? Wave it in the Air!
By Passport Editorial

Have you gotten one of the new US passport cards yet? If you have one, and you are driving across an international bridge into Mexico or Canada, border officials want you to take that card out of your wallet and "wave it in the air like you just don't care" before you get to the inspection booth. No, this isn't some elaborate prank designed to make you look foolish for border officials' amusement.  According to the El Paso Times,  this…

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Do You Need to Get a Passport for Spring Break?
By Passport Editorial

It may still be cold and gloomy outside in many parts of the country, but make no mistake: spring is coming! That means it's time to start planning for Spring Break.  And if your Spring Break plans are taking you outside of the country, you may need to get a passport. To help you with your travel plans, here are the passport requirements for some of the more popular spring break travel destinations: Mexico Warm blue water,  gorgeous beaches and…

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New Passport Rules Keep Elderly Couple From Alaskan Dream Cruise
By Passport Editorial

All Larry and Gladys Williams wanted was to go on a cruise to Alaska. However, their dream was denied when they showed up  at port in Seattle without passports, according to the Dallas Morning News, Larry Williams had assumed that passports weren't necessary for the journey, since the cruise began in Seattle and ended in Alaska. However, the ship wasn't sailing straight from Seattle to Alaska-there was also a stop at a Canadian port.   The final part of the Western Hemisphere…

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Boating Across the Canadian Border? Bring Your US Passport!
By Passport Editorial

Recreational boaters in the Great Lakes region have long enjoyed sailing across the Canadian border to visit our neighbors to the north.  However, security concerns and regulations have made what was once an easy trip a little bit more complicated. On Monday, June 1st, another set of restrictions became effective as the US Government rolled out the final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). With the WHTI, US citizens traveling to Canada by land or by sea now…

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New Passport Rules Don’t Slow Border Traffic
By Passport Editorial

Today, Border Patrol officials began asking Americans for passports at the American and Canadian borders.  The final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is in effect, and a passport or another government-approved document is now required to re-enter the country. How has this affected traffic across the borders? Not much, it seems. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that wait times at both the northern border with Canada and the southern border with Mexico are normal today, and that the…

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