[Travelandtourism] Need a passport? It'll cost you more

[Cheryl]

Which one did you get 

Steven Johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net> wrote:

>Thanks Cheryl...that's exactly what I had requested.  Hopefully it won't
>take too long.  The price I paid was $136.  
>
>Steve
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>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 6:29 PM
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>If you are just going to Canada there is a card traveling outside the
>country you need the book 
>
>Steven Johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net> wrote:
>
>>Reese,
>>
>>I just applied fort my passport, and with this post, bring a question 
>>that I hope you and the rest can help with.  I was told that there are 
>>2 kinds of passports.  What are the 2 types, and what are the the
>advantages to each?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:travelandtourism-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Reese
>>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:19 AM
>>To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List
>>Subject: [Travelandtourism] Need a passport? It'll cost you more
>>
>>Need a U.S. passport? The application fee is increasing from $55 to $70.
>>Planning an international trip? For Americans who still need to obtain 
>>a passport, or renew an existing one, the price is going up.
>>
>>The application fee for a passport has jumped 27 percent to $70, from 
>>$55, with the passport security surcharge doubling to $40 from $20. 
>>(And don't forget the $25 "execution fee" on top of those costs.)
>>
>>And for those frequent travelers to parts abroad, the department now 
>>charges
>>$82 - up from zero - to add new pages to a U.S. passport. It says the 
>>fee is needed to offset the cost of the pages, the time spent affixing 
>>the pages into the passport book, endorsing the passport and performing 
>>a quality-control check.
>>
>>Those are just a few of a long list of fee increases for the 
>>department's consular services that were published Thursday in the 
>>Federal Register. The U.S. State Department said it raised the fees after
>finding that the "U.S.
>>Government was not fully covering its costs for providing these 
>>consular services."
>>
>>To see the list of current fees or to apply for a U.S. passport, visit 
>>the State Department's Passport site.
>>
>>Of course, you can always avoid all that paperwork and instead visit 
>>one of the 50 states in the good ol' US of A.
>>
>>Reese
>>
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