Travelers Face Frustrations With Passport Rule Changes
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The State Department has acknowledged long delays from âunprecedented demandâ after new rules requiring passports for travelers returning from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.
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Travelling to a foreign country can be intimidating. There is often a language barrier, different rules and regulations to follow and sometimes a fear of the unknown.
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Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, the Bush administration announced on Thursday.
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The government said on Friday it will temporarily relax new rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.
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Pedestrians at the nation's busiest border crossing are losing conveniences because of security measures that critics say amount to an unnecessary crackdown.
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The US homeland security department is announcing an expedited-access program for certain foreign travelers.
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Disagreement regarding passenger data could ground thousands of flights.
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A controversial air travel tax increase has sparked confusion and anger, as travellers faced paying extra when they checked in and airlines threatened legal action.
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A program that offers a special security checkpoint for frequent travelers hasnât rolled out at nearly the pace originally predicted.
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Beginning Jan. 23, Homeland Security will require a passport for all passengers&#8212;including Americans&#8212;coming into the country
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The Bush administration will ask Congress to change and expand a program that allows citizens of some countries to enter the United States without visas. In exchange, the U.S. government would require visitors to provide more data about themselves before they board planes.
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The Transportation Security Administration announced late Wednesday that it is modifying pat-down procedures at airports -- a decision that comes after hundreds of complaints, most of them from women, that the procedure is too intrusive
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The Bush administration is poised to suspend a major post-Sept. 11  security initiative  in response to increasingly angry complaints from Americans whose summer vacations are threatened by new passport rules.
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New procedures have been put into place at U.S. borders to stop flagged travelers such as the tuberculosis patient who sneaked across the Canadian border last month, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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Wine lovers frustrated by the Transportation Security Administration's carry-on liquids restriction now have another alternative to flying home empty-handed or with wine-stained shirts in their checked luggage.
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Despite a barrage of complaints, the Transportation Security Administration will continue to require physical pat-downs for some passengers at security checkpoints.
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The United States hasn't issued any microchip-equipped passports yet, but as the Department of State tests different prototypes, the international standards for the passports are under fire from privacy advocates who worry the technology won't protect travelers from identity thieves.