New US Passport Rules
Apr 20, 2007 | 1:14 am
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New US Passport Rules
Hello,
I have a friend that is from Italy and wants to go to Puerto Rico for a weekend soon. She's currently getting her visa status renewed (from student to worker) so she can't leave the USA until the process is complete. Are the laws in place yet where one has to show a valid passport between PR/USVI to get back into the US Mainland?
I looked on travel.state.gov but that only talks about US Citizens and the new passport laws.
Thanks.
I have a friend that is from Italy and wants to go to Puerto Rico for a weekend soon. She's currently getting her visa status renewed (from student to worker) so she can't leave the USA until the process is complete. Are the laws in place yet where one has to show a valid passport between PR/USVI to get back into the US Mainland?
I looked on travel.state.gov but that only talks about US Citizens and the new passport laws.
Thanks.
Apr 20, 2007 | 2:41 pm
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Puerto Rico is US territory and you do not need a passport to go there. It is a domestic US trip. No personal experience with USVI but I guess they might be the same
Apr 20, 2007 | 2:45 pm
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Apr 20, 2007 | 2:46 pm
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Apr 20, 2007 | 4:56 pm
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Even flying domestically within the USA, one still generally needs some sort of acceptable photo ID to make it through security. Technically, if you refuse to show ID you'll just be subject to additional screening but there have been incidents where people have been denied boarding.
Apr 21, 2007 | 8:49 am
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Yeah well probably because you can easily move between US and British territory (ie islands). I know as a Visa Holder (non-immigrant alien) in the US I had to bring my (foreign) passport and (US)visa when going to the USVI - mainly I think for travelling back to the mainland.
Apr 21, 2007 | 9:19 am
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Even flying domestically within the USA, one still generally needs some sort of acceptable photo ID to make it through security. Technically, if you refuse to show ID you'll just be subject to additional screening but there have been incidents where people have been denied boarding.
Apr 21, 2007 | 9:55 am
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Puerto Rico, however, shouldn't require a passport.
Apr 21, 2007 | 9:59 am
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Apr 21, 2007 | 10:02 am
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This would seem to indicate that while US citizens don't require a passport for travel between the 50 states and Puerto Rico, a foreigner would:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
Apr 23, 2007 | 8:58 am
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EWR-SJU-EWR or EWR-SJU-STT-SJU-EWR would she need a passport (proof of citizenship)? I know she'll need ID (her Mass drivers license will take care of that) but we want to know if she'll need to bring her passport/visa? Because if that's the case, then why wouldn't I (being a born and bred US citizen) need to show such docs?
This immigration stuff is fuzzy.
DJ.