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New Passports For Citizens Born to Midwives Near the Border
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.   US citizens born to midwives near the US-Mexican border will get a chance to get new passports next month by applying at special mobile units set up by the Department of State.  The mobile units are being set up as part of the settlement for a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of American citizens…

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Get Your Passport Application In To Be a “Honeymoon Tester”
By Passport Editorial

What, exactly, is a "'honeymoon tester?" Basically, it's a dream job for any couple that likes to travel.  Here's the job description, from Runawaybrideandgroom.com: "Would you be able to sip champagne, while lying in a hammock slung between two palm trees on a white, sandy beach, with your romantically linked partner beside you, without spilling your drink? Well then, you may just have what it takes for the Ultimate Job in Ireland (and probably the world!)." Sounds like heaven, right?…

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What is the Passport Denial Program?
By Passport Editorial

What is the Passport Denial Program, and could it keep you from getting your passport? The Passport Denial Program was set up to prevent parents who owe child support from being able to get a passport and leave the country.  Although it doesn't say so on the passport application form, all passport applications are checked against a list of people who owe more than $2,500 in child support. If you owe more child support than that and you apply for…

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USF Football Team Orders Almost 200 Expedited Passports
By Passport Editorial

The University of South Florida's football team has a chance to compete in the International Bowl in Toronto on January 2nd. There's just one catch-to fly into Canada, everyone needs to have a passport. According to TBO.com, the team didn't hear that they would be going until December 6th, so everyone is having to scramble to get expedited passports. In fact, the passport acceptance facility at the Hillsborough County courthouse ended up processing 178 passport applications for the team in a…

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Get Your Passport Application in Now For An Iceland Adventure
By Passport Editorial

From the amazing travel deals department, Iceland Air is currently offering a 2-night Iceland vacation for as low as $469 per person-including both airfare (from Boston, New York or Seattle) and a 2-night stay in either the FossHotel Lind or the FossHotel Baron. Extra nights are $45 per night per person for double occupancy and $75 per night for single occupancy. Rates include a Scandinavian breakfast at the hotel. What is a Scandinavian breakfast, anyway? According to the book "Scandinavian…

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Get a Passport to Help Our Southern Neighbors
By Passport Editorial

We've already written about how new passport laws are hurting tourism to Canada. However, it seems that our neighbors to the north are not the only ones feeling the pinch as the result of the final phase of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. According to the Arizona Republic, the new passport regulations are also hurting tourism south of the border, the icing on the cake of what was already a less-than-stellar tourism year.  The swine flu panic and a sour economy…

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Can You Get a New Passport if You Owe Taxes?
By Passport Editorial

Whenever you apply for a passport, you are required to provide your social security number, which is then forwarded to the Department of the Treasury. Does that mean that the government will withhold your new passport if you owe the IRS money? Perhaps, but it's not likely. The IRS can keep you from getting your passport, but they only use this power in extraordinary circumstances-like if you owe so much in back taxes that the IRS is garnishing your wages,…

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