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Turning In Your Passport Application? Don’t Use the Old Forms!
By Passport Editorial

The US Department of State is releasing new passport application forms on March 1st. The new forms will have some minor tweaks, such as the use of "mother or parent 1" and "father or parent 2" to make the application more friendly for same-sex families. After March 1st, if you're applying for a passport it's important to use the new versions of the forms for the fastest service. If you print the forms yourself from the Department of State's website…

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Get Your Passport Application in Now to Celebrate Carnival
By Passport Editorial

New Orleans is famous for the wild party that is Mardi Gras, but the rowdy, bawdy celebration that Americans are so familiar with is just one of many Carnival celebrations happening across the world. Mardi Gras is New Orleans' version of Carnival, a festival to mark the beginning of Lent that is celebrated in many countries with a Catholic heritage. "Mardi Gras" means "Fat Tuesday." The day after, called Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the Lenten season, marked by…

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Passport Offices To Close Due to New State Department Policies
By Passport Editorial

Starting in May, the number of passport offices in your area may become fewer. As reported on local Maine news website WLBZ2.com, "The State Department will no longer allow offices that process vital records like a birth certificate or marriage license to process passports or passport cards." In Maine alone, 25 passport acceptance facilities will be forced to stop accepting passport applications as of May 1st, 2011. The new regulations are designed to make passport fraud and identity theft more…

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Expedite Your Passport Application For a Free Trip to Scandinavia
By Passport Editorial

"We come from the land of the ice and snow, where the midnight sun and the harsh winds blow..." Led Zeppelin, "Immigrant Song" If you've always wanted to visit "the land of the ice and snow," check out the new contest on the "Faces of Scandinavia" website. (h/t Gadling) To enter, all you have to do is comment on one of the many personal stories posted on the site. The comment stream is pretty active, so you do have some…

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Passport Application Photos: A History
By Passport Editorial

For most Americans, one of the first steps in the process of submitting a passport application is to stand in front of a white background and have the photo clerk at the nearest drugstore take your picture. But that wasn't always the case. In fact, according to the Oxford University Press blog, passports did not have to include a photo of the bearer until 1914.  Before that time, the Department of State relied on detailed written physical descriptions to ensure…

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The History of the Passport Application
By Passport Editorial

It's hard to believe, but there was a time when you didn't have to fill out a passport application to travel internationally. In fact, passports weren't required for international travel until the first World War, though governments had been issuing passports or "documents of safe conduct" for centuries prior. After World War I, the League of Nations decided that passport requirements should be maintained for international travel in peacetime as well. Although today we think of passports as essential, when…

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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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