Out of San Juan W/O passport?

[mmsas]

Has anyone cruised without a passport? Mine is held up in the system sent it in 12 weeks before we leave on April 15th AOS.... I know I do not need it as long as nothing goes "wrong" on the Islands....

[careywv]

My hubby and I aren't getting a passport until we absolutely need it (2008). :)

 

I've been to San Juan before, and we didn't need a passport because it's a US territory.

[Travelgrrl]

You will not need a passport to come and go from San Juan via either air or cruise ship this April

[Sue L]

Has anyone cruised without a passport? Mine is held up in the system sent it in 12 weeks before we leave on April 15th AOS.... I know I do not need it as long as nothing goes "wrong" on the Islands....

 

 

Hopefully you have a extra birth certificate, that wasn't sent with the passport application. If you don't http://www.vitalchek.com, works great to get another one. Good luck, the passport office is really screwing alot of people up this year.

[Shannon12]

Has anyone cruised without a passport? Mine is held up in the system sent it in 12 weeks before we leave on April 15th AOS.... I know I do not need it as long as nothing goes "wrong" on the Islands....

 

We just came back from 3/4 sailing of Adventure. We had no passports NO problems. As long as there are no emergencies you should be fine.

[chessbriar]

If there is any kind of emergency and you need to fly home from a port, you will not be able to enter the country

[negc]

If there is any kind of emergency and you need to fly home from a port, you will not be able to enter the country

 

That simply isn't true. It will be more difficult, but not impossible, to re-enter the US if you are without a passport. A secondary screening process is in place to verify your citizenship status. Obviously everyone should be encouraged to get a passport and at some point it will be mandatory regardless of your mode of transportation, but falsely claiming that citizens currently not in possession of a valid passport, will be barred from re-entry and become "men without a country" isn't acceptable and is probably counter-productive.:rolleyes:

[kcb]

Mine is held up in the system sent it in 12 weeks before we leave on April 15th AOS

 

Hmm, now I at least understand your bitterness towards me on the other thread, however misguided it may be!

[jimc_usa]

That simply isn't true. It will be more difficult, but not impossible, to re-enter the US if you are without a passport. A secondary screening process is in place to verify your citizenship status. Obviously everyone should be encouraged to get a passport and at some point it will be mandatory regardless of your mode of transportation, but falsely claiming that citizens currently not in possession of a valid passport, will be barred from re-entry and become "men without a country" isn't acceptable and is probably counter-productive.:rolleyes:

 

You are right not impossible, but very difficult and time consuming, and should be avoided, keep copies of all your docs completely separate.