bajageoff
08-08-2006, 03:01 PM
From MSN:
Planning a trip to Montreal or Mexico City? Unless Congress changes its mind before the end of the year, it’ll be a little more difficult to cross the U.S. border in 2007. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which was signed into law in 2004, requires that all travelers entering the U.S.from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Central and South America be in possession of a passport or other secure national identification document. The policy is scheduled to apply to air and sea passengers on Dec. 31, 2006, and to all travelers, including those crossing by land, on Dec. 31, 2007.
We think it’s unlikely that the initiative will go into effect as currently written, however. Officials in both the U.S. and Canada have raised concerns about the law’s effect on tourism, and the two countries are reportedly working on a new international identification card that would be less expensive than a passport.
Read the full article: http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=347457>1=8489
Planning a trip to Montreal or Mexico City? Unless Congress changes its mind before the end of the year, it’ll be a little more difficult to cross the U.S. border in 2007. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which was signed into law in 2004, requires that all travelers entering the U.S.from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Central and South America be in possession of a passport or other secure national identification document. The policy is scheduled to apply to air and sea passengers on Dec. 31, 2006, and to all travelers, including those crossing by land, on Dec. 31, 2007.
We think it’s unlikely that the initiative will go into effect as currently written, however. Officials in both the U.S. and Canada have raised concerns about the law’s effect on tourism, and the two countries are reportedly working on a new international identification card that would be less expensive than a passport.
Read the full article: http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=347457>1=8489