Montreal-bound? Passport restrictions eased ADDENDUM

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2007

In followup AP stories, this was found:

From now until the end of September, they said, travelers would be allowed to fly to those destinations if they present government-issued identification, such as a driver’s license, and a receipt from a State Department Web site showing they had applied for a passport.

Kinda important. Not sure why it was left out.

We sounded the alarm when restrictions on travel kicked in. We warned that folks who were planning to fly to (and from) Canada for JFL had better get their apps in for a passport, as that document would be needed to return to the good ol’ USA.

It seems as though these warnings (not just ours, but the MSM’s mostly) caused a stampede and the subsequent backlog at the passport processing centers. So, the folks in Washington have eased the requirements.

The proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The rule, and its suspension, does not affect Americans driving across the Canadian or Mexican borders…

It’s still a good idea to get that passport. It’s just not as urgent as it was.

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