[Travelandtourism] Updated travel information when traveling via air through these states so far

[Cheryl Echevarria]

Good morning all:

 

If you live in New York, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Louisiana or American
Somoa; you will not be able to use your Driver's License or Non-Driver's
License as a form of Government ID when traveling by commercial flights. You
will have to invest in getting a passport. 

 

If you fly anywhere within the United States from these states, you will
need a passport. They last 10 years. I am asking, Gary Wunder, Editor of the
Braille Monitor to please add this information to the next edition.

 

Why this is happening. The Real ID Enforcement Act of 2005 is now being
implemented by the Department of Homeland Security. We live in a time, where
security is essential when traveling. 

 

I have stated in the subject line that "these states so far", I am sure that
all the rest of the states will follow. This ruling will go into effect in
2016; no date has been  announced, but if you are planning to travel to the
Washington, DC Seminar and our National Conventions, you will now need to
show a passport. 

 

Please do not get the Passport Card, The U.S. Passport Card can be used to
enter the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda at
land border crossings or sea ports-of-entry and is more convenient and less
expensive than a passport book.  The passport card cannot be used for
international and now domestic from states listed above travel by air.
Passport applications can be picked up at any US post office or go to the
passport website at:

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/fees.html
#adult_first_time

 

For adults and children over the age of 16 is $110 and $25 service fee which
is $135, again this last 10 years.

 

Children under the age of 16 (yes, your child will need a passport) is $80 +
$25 service fee.

 

For more information on this here are 2 links:

 

One is from the Department of Homeland Security and the other is from the
Today Show back in September 2015.

 

Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/real-id-enforcement-brief

 

Today Show link:

http://www.today.com/video/drivers-licenses-will-no-longer-get-you-on-a-flig
ht-in-4-states-527980099771

 

If you need help with questions related to Passport or any other travel
related issues, please let us know.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Cheryl Echevarria, President

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