The Bush administration on Friday temporarily waived some of its new, post-Sept. 11 requirements for flying abroad, hoping to help irate summer travelers whose trips have been jeopardized by delays in processing their passports. The change would aid those fliers awaiting a U.S. passport to meet the new rule requiring one for travel to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Too little, too fucking late, of course….since the people who rushed to apply for passports for travel to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda are the reason why there is now a 3 to 4 MONTH backlog on processing. So, great if you’re one of the people in the queue who is travelling to one of those places, but not so great if you’re going anywhere else, since you’re still going to have to wait through the backlog.
The Federal Government….”What can DUMB do for you?”
Lovely.
I have so many responses to this, but they’re all obvious. More proof that the law-makers have no idea what’s happening in the real world.
Huh? really
What is a State Department Receipt? (I imagine just to show that one has in fact applied for a passport)
What if one has an expired Passport.
This might have been helpful a few weeks ago, but now we have to find another time for my father to visit.
His passport arrived two days after he wanted to fly.