Friday, June 08, 2007

New U.S. passport rules suspended

Following up on a topic discussed in episode #32:
U.S. Suspends Border Rules to Help Ease Backup in Passport Approvals
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration on Friday suspended some of its new requirements for traveling abroad, hoping to placate Congress and irate summer travelers whose vacations have been thwarted by delays in processing their passports.

The proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

The suspension should allow the State Department to catch up with a massive surge in applications that has overwhelmed passport processing centers since the rule took effect this year. The resulting backlog has caused up to three-month delays for passports and ruined or delayed the travel plans of thousands of Americans.
More: Wall Street Journal

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