USC arriving at POE without passport?
Jul 13th 2020, 7:28 pm
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Re: USC arriving at POE without passport?
An update, in case anyone is interested. We are in Spain. Arrived yesterday. My daughter's new passport arrived at 10:30 in the morning and we flew out at 9:00 that evening. Talk about cutting it close!
We knew it was arriving soon because we got an email from the passport agency that it was on the way. We were hoping it would arrive in time, but we had a backup plan: A neighbor would pick it up for us when it arrived and then send it to us in Spain. Luckily we didn't need to do that.
When we were at the airport, I saw a couple of CBP officers in the food court. I asked them what would happen if a US citizen arrived without a passport. They said they would have to check and verify that the person was in fact a citizen and then they would be allowed to enter. But, as mentioned above, the challenge would have been getting on the plane. You'd have to somehow convince the airline agent that you'd be let it at the POE. I'm glad we didn't have to resort to that!
- Eric S.
We knew it was arriving soon because we got an email from the passport agency that it was on the way. We were hoping it would arrive in time, but we had a backup plan: A neighbor would pick it up for us when it arrived and then send it to us in Spain. Luckily we didn't need to do that.
When we were at the airport, I saw a couple of CBP officers in the food court. I asked them what would happen if a US citizen arrived without a passport. They said they would have to check and verify that the person was in fact a citizen and then they would be allowed to enter. But, as mentioned above, the challenge would have been getting on the plane. You'd have to somehow convince the airline agent that you'd be let it at the POE. I'm glad we didn't have to resort to that!
- Eric S.
Jul 14th 2020, 2:26 pm
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Re: USC arriving at POE without passport?
Nice timing. Glad it arrived in the nick of time.
Please be stay safe in Spain.
Please be stay safe in Spain.
Jul 14th 2020, 2:31 pm
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Thanks, Rete. The way things are going in the US these days with the virus, we fell safer in Spain!
- Eric S.
- Eric S.
