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NEW PASSPORT RULES - IT'S OFFICIAL NOW. The Department of Homeland Security has set January 23rd, 2007 as the new starting date for a regulation requiring airline passengers entering the U.S. by air within the Western Hemisphere to possess a Valid Passport. The new date for the regulation, referred to as the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, was the result of a delay in the rulemaking process that pushed back the original January 8th, 2007 start date by two weeks. However, the Passport Requirement does not apply to U.S. citizens visiting Puerto Rico and/or the U.S. Virgin Islands as they are U.S. territories. For Cruise and Land passengers, the Passport Requirements take effect in January 2008. The Final Rules in Adobe .PDF Format is available at: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/WHTI_final_rule_new.pdf For More Information visit The US State Department's web site at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html |