On 08/31/2005 1:33 PM George Leppla while holding "court", exclaimed:
>"Rosalie B." wrote
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>>Yes I saw that post. But the December 2005 is still on the Homeland
>>Security website at http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/WHTI.pdf as the
>>proposed schedule. I want something on the official government
>>website that says that the proposed dates have been changed and what
>>they are. I don't believe everything I read in the paper - it is
>>sometimes wrong.
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>Don't hang by your thumbs waiting for an official explanation of anything
>from the government. People are more concerned with covering their asses
>and maintaining their jobs than providing any meaningful guidelines.
>"Homeland Security" is little more than a dog and pony show. The timetable
>that requires passports on January 1, 2006 may have been scrapped but that
>doesn't mean that it has been replaced with anything. In fact, from what I
>can tell, there is no new timetable other than the whole thing must be put
>into effect by 2008. Your tax dollars at work.
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>FWIW... I am still advising all my customers and members of my groups to GET
>A PASSPORT. Customs offices in various ports operate differently... based
>on the whim of the person in charge of that office or even that day. There
>are no set standards, regulations are not enforced equally and the only
>thing you can do to make sure that your ID will be accepted is to HAVE A
>PASSPORT.
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I agree. You know it's coming, even if you don't know when. So get a
passport, avoid the last minute rush. Get a passport, it makes one less
document you need to carry (existing alternative Certified Birth
Certificate and Government Issued Photo ID). Get a passport. While
everyone else is dragging their feet on this one if Immigration has two
lines at your destination, you'll be in the shorter one! (People with US
Passports assuming a US Origin point.). ;-)
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