Five Ways To Avoid Passport Delays

Five Ways To Avoid Passport Delays: "If there is some exotic locale in your travel plans for the immediate future, you’ll need to pack more than your toothbrush, suntan lotion and a favorite novel in your carry-on bag. You’ll need a United States passport, the all-critical key to successful travel beyond U.S. borders. New government travel rules that went into effect in 2007 require that all U.S. citizens have a valid passport when traveling by air to and from Bermuda, the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada. This legislative change resulted in unprecedented demand for passports over the summer. In June of 2007, the U.S. State Department reported that there were nearly three million applications pending for passports, pushing the turnaround time from the standard four to six weeks to twelve weeks or longer."