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jeans
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Passport Book Vs. Passport Card
My Passport book has expired so its time to renew. A new option I am not familiar with is the Passport card, which is a LOT cheaper at $30 than
getting the book ($110) I think my globetrotting days are over so I will only be crossing the border with it...maybe getting another Sentri (also
expired). Do I need to get a book to get Sentri?
When is the book necessary? When will the card "do"?
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Sandlefoot
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If I am not mistaken you can not get the card without first purchasing the passport book. I use the card as convience when I only need ID and don't
want to carry the passport book. From what I understand they are using the card to expedite getting through the border in different lanes but I have
never tried that before. I use mine when leaving a cruise ship for ID to get back on, and if something happens while I am off ship I will not have
lost my passport book.
Happy Trails
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thebajarunner
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There has been a lot written on this on Nomad.
Here is a simple site that gives basic info.
http://travel.state.gov/pdf/ppt_pptCard.pdf
And, it does not work for air travel,
just land and sea, basically North America
We crossed back from Canada a while back,
they did not have a Sentri lane but they did have a lane for cards only.
Unfortunately we only had the books, so we sat with the Canucks for 40 minutes while the other Gringo card carriers hardly slowed up in the card only
lane.
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sandlefoot
If I am not mistaken you can not get the card without first purchasing the passport book. I use the card as convience when I only need ID and don't
want to carry the passport book. From what I understand they are using the card to expedite getting through the border in different lanes but I have
never tried that before. I use mine when leaving a cruise ship for ID to get back on, and if something happens while I am off ship I will not have
lost my passport book.
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yep!
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DENNIS
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Just today wrote a check for the combo, card and book....$212.72....expedited service.
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durrelllrobert
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You will have to mail your passport book in to get the card. They will return it to you before they send the card.
Bob Durrell
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WideAngleWandering
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I got the card so I could cross back into the states by land should I lose track of my passport. Seemed like a cheap backup.
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bajaguy
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Triple Play
Passport
Passport Card
SENTRI.............
Priceless!!!!!!
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Udo
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When I wanted just the passport card, The people in charge of the passport cards stated that the ONLY WAY TO GET A CARD IS TO TURN IN YOUR PASSPORT
AND START FROM SCRATCH!
Udo
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comitan
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Udo
Thats what I read from the Gov. website.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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tehag
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Passport
Passport renewal, book and card, expedited, 2-day service, $200US, 8/15/2012, San Diego office.
Certainty is the child of ignorance, knowledge is the mother of doubt. Question everything!
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meme
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I have kids that had no passport books but applied fo he cards & got them.
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Terry28
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Think about it for a minute...why did they invent the passport card?? It was so people did not have to pay for a passport when all they wanted was
to go back and forth to Mexico...Hence no passport required to get the "card"
You guys have a short memory........
[Edited on 8-18-2012 by Terry28]
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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tehag
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Passport
Terry28
Huh??
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Terry28
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Tehag....I meant no passport required to get the "card"
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Terry28
Think about it for a minute...why did they invent the passport card?? It was so people did not have to pay for a passport when all they wanted was
to go back and forth to Mexico...Hence no passport required to get the "card"
You guys have a short memory........
[Edited on 8-18-2012 by Terry28] |
my point was that IF you have a passport book you have to submit it with
your passport card application to prove who you are. Otherwise (if you don't have a passport card) you have to submit other proof of identity (birth
certiicate, etc)
[Edited on 8-18-2012 by durrelllrobert]
Bob Durrell
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woody with a view
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Terry is correct, i think!
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
Terry is correct, i think! |
I agree with most of what you write
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tehag
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Passport
In San Diego Wednesday, I was given the choice — Book, Card, or both. I took both for various reasons that made sense to me at the time, still do,
actually.
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meme
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We got the card for an extra $20 if we got it when we renewed the passport books.
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