The headlines are ominous “A Passport Crisis is coming”. But what does it really mean?
By now no doubt some of you have already seen the headlines
about the impending doom regarding Passports.
No? Well let me be the first to tell you about it.
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| Is YOUR passport ready to travel? |
In 2007, rules changed requiring you to have a passport to
visit Canada and Mexico. The passport
offices were so swamped, the backlog was unbelievable (hence the Crisis). Within the next 24 months, all of these are
set to renew. As of today, no additional
staff has been hired to take care of the expected backlog.
Also, factor in the fact that this coming January another
change is coming. After January, if you
run out of Visa pages, you have to obtain a new passport. You can no longer obtain new Visa pages
inserted (Two options are available: either 28 pages or 52 pages with no
difference in cost.) More than 90% of renewal passports have less than 2 Visa
pages remaining.
Don’t forget, many countries now have requirements that your
passport be valid for as much as 6 months after your expected RETURN.
Children under the age of 16 only have passports that are
good for 5 years.
With more people than ever traveling and getting passports,
it only makes sense to get it early. I
mean, do you really want to have to cancel your trip because your passport is
late? Or perhaps you would prefer to
spend more money for the expedited
processing? No? Then renew or apply for
your passport today!
