Passport requirements moved till 2008!

[Sheffie]

Someone on the Carnival forum just posted that passport requirements for the travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have been moved back till 2008! Check this out: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html

[Sheffie]

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! This is for land travel! I am so sorry!Can someone notify a moderator so they can remove this?

[johnql]

No need to remove the post. Just read the following:

 

In the proposed implementation plan, which is subject to a period of initial public comment, the Initiative will be rolled out in phases, providing as much advance notice as possible to the affected public to enable them to meet the terms of the new guidelines. The proposed timeline will be as follows:

 

* December 31, 2006 – Requirement applied to all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.

* December 31, 2007 – Requirement extended to all land border crossings as well as air and sea travel.

 

According to the above info (verbatim from the State Dept.'s web site but with my highlights), cruisers will need passports by the end of THIS year.

[Sheffie]

Thanks, John, you made me feel better!