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How To Renew Your Passport and Get One For The First Time

August 25, 2021

  How To Renew Your Passport and Get One For The First Time Many Americans are making plans to travel internationally as countries begin to relax their border policies. Because there was little ability to travel since the beginning of 2020, lots of people haven’t taken a look at the expiration date of their passport…

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September 20, 2017

Boarding a Plane in the U.S.? Better Have Your Passport Ready     You may have noticed new TSA signs at the airport recently. It reads “starting January 22, 2018, you will need a driver’s license or ID form a state compliant with the REAL ID Act, a state that has extension for compliance, or an…

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Having Children Could Limit Travel For Italian Citizens

June 19, 2017

Reading the heading above, one would think that having children makes it more difficult for everyone to travel, no matter their nationality. Well, for Italians with minors there is one additional challenge which could become a big hurdle in case of divorces or separations. On June 26, 2012, a few things changed for Italian parents…

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Why travelers from 9 U.S.-States will soon need a passport for domestic flights

December 28, 2016

If you are a resident Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Washington, and you are planning domestic flights in 2018, then you might want to check if your passport is still valid. If at that occasion you discover that you do not have a passport and you do not wish to…

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New TSA Checkpoint Technology for Travel Documents

April 20, 2012

In June 2007 a layer of aviation security was added when the TSA assumed travel document checking responsibilities from airline contractors. Specially trained Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) using black lights and magnifying glasses, were positioned in front of the checkpoint to check passengers boarding passes and identification. Since the program was implemented, security officers performing…

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Von Kanada in die USA mit iPad statt Reisepass

January 10, 2012

Gnadenlos und finstere Miene, so kennt man die U.S. Grenzbeamten. Eine andere Art von Grenzbeamten hat nun jedoch der 33-jährige Kanadier Martin Reisch kennengelernt. Dem jungen Mann gelang es ohne Reisepass in die USA einzureisen. Erst an der Grenze bemerkte der aus Montreal stammende Mann, dass er seinen Reisepass zu Hause vergessen hatte. Statt umzudrehen…

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Stress bei der Einreise in die USA vermeiden – hier ein kleiner Tipp

June 3, 2010

Vorsicht beim Ausfüllen des elektronischen ESTA-Formulars, denn oft stellt sich die Frage, steht dort eine „0“ oder ein „O“ in der Passnummer. Im neuen Chip-Reispass sieht beides identisch aus und dieser besteht aus Buchstaben und Ziffern. Was ist es nun „O“ oder „0“? Reisende haben immer wieder mit der Immigrationbehörde zu kämpfen, wenn der Pass…

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