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You Should Avoid These Common Mistakes with your Passport

We’ve seen them all, so check our list of these common mistakes and we hope to help many of you avoid them. Not Making a photocopy of your Passport When traveling abroad it’s best practice to make photocopies, scanned copies and/or take photos of your passport. Keep physical copies with you when you travel and send scanned copies or photos to your phone, email, or any other device you may travel with frequently. This extra step will help you if your passport is ever stolen or lost overseas, since bringing copies of your passport can help you acquire an emergency passport a bit easier at the US embassy or[…]

Obtaining A Passport as a Felon May Be Easier Than You Think

Convicted of a felony? The chances are if you are a convicted felon then you will have no issues when applying for a United States Passport. This, of course, pertains to those whom are not currently on parole, probation or considered a flight risk. There are very few and specific reasons that someone would be denied a passport upon their application. Even if you are denied you may reapply or revisit the matter at a later time (a suspended passport application is not yet a rejected application). A citizen would need to qualify for one of several situations in order to be denied their passport application. The most common[…]

Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP): Security & Information Alerts for the Savvy Traveler

Imagine a worst-case scenario: you’re in a foreign country and disaster suddenly strikes. Like the Bastille Day attack in Nice earlier this summer, or the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, two catastrophes that majorly affected U.S. citizens travelling abroad. It’s difficult to plan for these kinds of situations, or even to believe they’ll ever happen to you. Harder still can be knowing what to do if you do find yourself in trouble outside of U.S. borders. Fortunately, there’s an app for that. The U.S. State Department offers a free service called the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, or STEP, that allows U.S. citizens traveling or residing abroad to register with the[…]

Adding Additional Pages to a Passport is Now a Thing of the Past

Anyone who travels frequently, especially during the last year or so, is likely to have heard about new changes for the procedure of adding pages to your passport. Previously, travelers would get their passports stamped when entering different countries and ports, these stamps were placed on empty pages in their passport book. Once those pages were filled, frequent travelers from the US simply bought additional pages sewn into their valid passport book. Now, the United States has implemented a policy which makes adding these extra pages to your passport a thing of the past. So when did this change occur? Travelers could request an additional 24 pages for their[…]

Real ID Delayed for Air Travel Until 2018

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh C. Johnson announced in early January 2016 that the enforcement of the REAL ID Act has been delayed until January 22, 2018. The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, went on to be enacted as a result of the 9/11 Commissions recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of services of identification, including drivers’ licenses”. The REAL ID Act essentially puts the onus on each individual U.S. state and U.S. territory to provide state-issued drivers licenses or ID cards that are compliant with Federal standards. The purposes of the REAL ID Act are for: Boarding federally regulated[…]

The Mobile Passport App – Saving You Time at Customs

After a long trip home on an international flight, the last thing any traveler wants is to wait in the dreaded U.S. Customs line. But for a few pro travelers, dealing with the U.S. Customs Bureau has never been easier or faster. Now you can join them in cutting the Customs line on your next return flight into the USA. Their tool is called the Mobile Passport App. Global Entry, while different requires you to apply every 5 years in addition to getting fingerprinted is a completely different option for expediting your customs experience…. but let’s talk cellphone apps for a minute. Mobile Passport was developed by Airside Mobile[…]

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