Land Border Crossings: Change coming to WHTI
Mar 9th 2009, 9:11 am
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Land Border Crossings: Change coming to WHTI
US Citizens need to be aware of border crossing document changes coming up (no, this time we REALLY mean it!) on June 1, 2009.
Info in here for Canadian and Mexican citizens as well.
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer’s identity and nationality to enter or depart the United States from within the Western Hemisphere.
The travel document requirements make up the departments of State and Homeland Security’s Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. This change in travel document requirements is the result of recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission, which Congress subsequently passed into law in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
This travel initiative is being implemented in two phases:
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Air travel requirements went into effect January 23, 2007 and now all travelers including children must present a passport or secure travel document when entering the United States by air.
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Land/Sea requirements are transitioning toward standard and consistent documents for all travelers entering the country with full implementation on June 1, 2009.
Info in here for Canadian and Mexican citizens as well.
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer’s identity and nationality to enter or depart the United States from within the Western Hemisphere.
The travel document requirements make up the departments of State and Homeland Security’s Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. This change in travel document requirements is the result of recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission, which Congress subsequently passed into law in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
This travel initiative is being implemented in two phases:
*
Air travel requirements went into effect January 23, 2007 and now all travelers including children must present a passport or secure travel document when entering the United States by air.
*
Land/Sea requirements are transitioning toward standard and consistent documents for all travelers entering the country with full implementation on June 1, 2009.
Mar 9th 2009, 9:29 am
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Re: Land Border Crossings: Change coming to WHTI
Thanks for the reminder... I'll have to tell my parents. They were going to get new passports a few years ago, but my mother didn't like her photos, so that was the end of that 
Now they'll have to get them if they want to visit their favorite son.
Now they'll have to get them if they want to visit their favorite son.
