Passports – Important Emergency Information

Important Passport Security Tips

POSTED October 30th 2024 BY Beth Williams
How to Keep Your Passport Safe – Tips for Travel Your passport is your key to proving citizenship and is the document that the US and other countries use to recognize you and to let you enter the country, therefore you must safeguard this critical document.  Always take measures to keep your passport safe Anyone traveling abroad, especially for the first time, should take a...
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No Passport? No Problem!

POSTED June 22nd 2024 BY Travel Writer
No passport? No problem! Places you can travel to without a passport include the tropical locations of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. If you are starting your travel from a US location and want to visit a tropical destination that is a US territory you can travel without a passport. Places You Can Travel to Without a Passport Consider the below tropical...
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Should I Carry my Passport or Use the Hotel Safe?

POSTED February 26th 2024 BY Travel Writer
Is it better to carry your passport on your person or to store it in the hotel safe? Detective Kevin Coffey, a travel safety expert, offered advice on protecting your passport on Rudy Maxa World Travel, America’s # 1 Travel Radio Show. You can hear the short 4-minute segment here: Following is a summary of the tips he offered the listeners. What is best? Do...
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Your Passport is Lost or Stolen – What to Do

POSTED January 21st 2019 BY Beth Williams
In case your passport is lost or stolen in a foreign country, the need to act quickly is urgent. You need to report your lost passport soon as possible to the US Consulate or Embassy nearest you. They will then assist you in getting a replacement passport.  Also, you need to know what you have to do next. There are crucial steps you need to...
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Emergency Assistance: Get Help At a U.S. Embassy or Consulate

POSTED March 31st 2017 BY Travel Writer
U.S. embassies and consulates are located in countries around the world which have diplomatic relations with the United States. Those who work in the American embassy or consulate are official representatives of the U.S. and its interest. They act as liaisons between the U.S. government and the host country. Most US embassies and consulates are located in the country’s capital city.  Working with the Department of State,...
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