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		Starting next month, passport required to return to The USA from Canada, Mexico. Starting in 2008, you'll also need a note from your mother and a Toby Keith CD (sun-sentinel.com)		352
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ThatDevGuy		2006-12-12 11:35:15 AM

Welcome to... the rest of the world!

mialynneb		2006-12-12 11:38:22 AM

*snort*

That was funny.

Who cares? If you plan on leaving the farking country take your farking passport. Canada and Mexico may be our neighbors but their still different countries. Are people that dense?

jbc		2006-12-12 11:38:48 AM

Like anyone who owns a Toby Keith CD plans on leaving their county, much less the country.

Kanyon		2006-12-12 11:40:22 AM

Umm...is that really unreasonable?

minoridiot		2006-12-12 11:41:01 AM

That is for air travel only. Land travel is still passport free until sometime in 2008 or so.

Loki-L		2006-12-12 11:41:29 AM

What about Americans who happen to abroad when those rules come into effect? Are they then stateless and screwed or do they merly have to wait until the local embassy or cosulat issues them a new passport until they can come home?

How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

czmilosz		2006-12-12 11:41:41 AM

Being as old and jaded as I am, I rarely laugh at headlines.

I chuckled at this one. Nice job submitter.

Pave_the_Planet		2006-12-12 11:43:34 AM

And now that I am 21, I have no reason to go to Canada.

/lives in Buffalo
//has a passport
///doesn't care

wyltoknow		2006-12-12 11:43:50 AM

Uh, so? I'm actually shocked that this is not already the way things work. It's not like getting a passport is something amazingly hard to do, hell there's a place in the farking mall I always go to where you just walk in, sign some papers, get your picture taken, and whammo you have a passport. Doesn't seem like too much to ask.

timmy_the_tooth		2006-12-12 11:45:05 AM

Has anyone mentioned that this rule only applies if you fly into the U.S. of A. from one of those godless havens for criminals and terrorists?

/just sayin

NikolaiFarkoff		2006-12-12 11:51:55 AM

Why can't we be like the EU and allow insane Muslim terrorists to travel freely between the Netherlands and France and Spain?

ozone		2006-12-12 11:57:48 AM

Kanyon: Umm...is that really unreasonable?

There are a lot of very rural areas, like far northern Vermont, where it's a necessity to cross the borders to do things like buy milk. Or see mom. And often times, for people who live there, the $100 fee is a real hardship.

minoridiot: That is for air travel only. Land travel is still passport free until sometime in 2008 or so.

Not if Pat Leahy has his way. He was recently quoted as saying that proposal was DOA per the above reasons.

AlbertPujols		2006-12-12 11:58:17 AM

Loki-L: How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

I just got mine in June, went to the Federal building in Seattle and got it an hour later. Same day costs about $60 extra, or you could go to the post office and pay $90 but that takes 14-16 weeks.

/worth the extra $60 to same day it

AuntofDogface		2006-12-12 11:58:20 AM

I think a passport costs somewhere in the neighborhood of $90.00.

oldfarthenry		2006-12-12 12:02:30 PM

Pave_the_Planet: And now that I am 21, I have no reason to go to Canada.

/lives in Buffalo

Not even to escape the three feet of snow and house fires?

biffman		2006-12-12 12:07:31 PM

Pave_the_Planet: And now that I am 21, I have no reason to go to Canada.

/lives in Buffalo
//has a passport
///doesn't care

You live in Buffalo, you have no reason to live.

biffman		2006-12-12 12:09:45 PM

Here in Canada we are farked because we have to renew our passports every 5 years instead of every 10 years like most countries.
Big farking cash grab as usual by the government. No other reason.

Canadian Canuck		2006-12-12 12:11:50 PM

Meh.

I always bring my passport when I went to the States, made life just that much easier. Plus a passport is useful in many many other ways.

Pocket Ninja		2006-12-12 12:15:15 PM

jbc: Like anyone who owns a Toby Keith CD plans on leaving their county, much less the country.

As far as I'm concerned, the thread ended there.

Flab		2006-12-12 12:17:06 PM

biffman: we are farked because we have to renew our passports every 5 years

You pay $50 USD a year for TotalFark, yet you complain about having to pay $87 every five years to be able to travel? WTF?

El Dudereno		2006-12-12 12:18:09 PM

This is stupid beyond belief. Mexico maybe, but Canada? Terrorists are able to forge passports, it's not exactly impossible.
I was rather disappointed when I went to Europe and only got one stamp on my passport the entire time, though.

Sgt Otter		2006-12-12 12:34:36 PM

Loki-L: How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

I lived in Germany for awhile and decided to renew over there. All it took was a drive up to the US consulate in Frankfurt and a few hours. It wasn't too expensive. Quicker than my original one I got in the States.

/pre 9/11, no idea what it involves now

Grandmaster Poopypants		2006-12-12 12:36:33 PM

El Dudereno: Terrorists are able to forge passports,

The September 11 hijhackers were on legitimate passports.

Flab		2006-12-12 12:54:00 PM

Grandmaster Poopypants: The September 11 hijhackers were on legitimate passports.

They also took internal flights ... where passports are not required.

Grandmaster Poopypants		2006-12-12 12:57:55 PM

Flab: They also took internal flights ... where passports are not required.

They entered the country legally. Even by today's supposedly stricter standards (though they may have had shampoo in their carry-on bags when they entered the country).

sonicteam		2006-12-12 01:02:40 PM

I'm glad we get to be punished for a few terrorists' actions.

I guess that means we won the War on Terror.

NCg8r		2006-12-12 01:02:58 PM

Ha... I'd love to see how this floats over in Nuevo Laredo. It won't make many people happy if they DO enforce it. Kings among Men in the line to walk back over the bridge into the US, I tell you. . . and I wasn't worried about getting a rusty knife in the back for even a minute!

/Donde esta la Pharmcia, por favor???

chaddsfarkprefect		2006-12-12 01:03:46 PM

Finally. Now can we start enforcing our border laws?

Or should we either appease more or enact redundant laws?

NCg8r		2006-12-12 01:03:49 PM

How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

A lot. Of each. And you need documents you haven't seen since Mom kicked you out of the basement, too...

Walker		2006-12-12 01:03:58 PM

There goes the Niagara Falls area tourist business.

thevza		2006-12-12 01:04:22 PM

i wouldve bet my life if asked if this was already a law or not

/i don't think that sentence made any sense

Control_this		2006-12-12 01:04:34 PM

FUTK

I_C_Weener		2006-12-12 01:04:40 PM

Kanyon: Umm...is that really unreasonable?

Wait till they hear about photo id to vote.

ignoramus		2006-12-12 01:05:04 PM

March 8, 2005

Routine Services (Form DS-11)
Non-Refundable

Age 16 and older: The passport application fee is $67. The execution fee is $30. The total is $97 .

Under Age 16: The passport application fee is $52. The execution fee is $30. The total is $82 .

From the AAA website.

blahpers		2006-12-12 01:05:47 PM

Loki-L: How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

Mine was $50 a year or two ago, but I see they've upped the rates:

xbook		2006-12-12 01:06:17 PM

If you leave the US without a passport, you are a MORON. END OF STORY.

Sgian Dubh		2006-12-12 01:07:05 PM

In other news, increase in passports causes increase in stolen passports, resulting in more illegals entering illegally on stolen passports. Really how many San Diegans in Tijuana or Rosarita are going to stay sober enough to hang onto their passport?

Brick Top		2006-12-12 01:07:17 PM

Going into Quebec from New England:
French Canadian in a sweater, coffee in hand, smiles and says "Bonjour!"

Coming back into the States from Quebec:
Officer Farva stomps out in a flak vest and interrogates me for 30 minutes about "What hotel I was at" and "Did I have any meals with foreign nationals."

/Canada FTW

I_C_Weener		2006-12-12 01:08:10 PM

ignoramus: Age 16 and older: The passport application fee is $67. The execution fee is $30. The total is $97 .

Under Age 16: The passport application fee is $52. The execution fee is $30. The total is $82 .

I just need the paperwork, thanks. You can alwys execute me next time.

L.Darte		2006-12-12 01:08:32 PM

That's ok. If HSA gets it way, you'll need permission from HSA before you can travel. This nonsense is scheduled to take effect in early 2007.

Rev. Skarekroe		2006-12-12 01:08:40 PM

AlbertPujols: Loki-L: How much time and money does it take to get a valid US passport anyway?

I just got mine in June, went to the Federal building in Seattle and got it an hour later. Same day costs about $60 extra, or you could go to the post office and pay $90 but that takes 14-16 weeks.

/worth the extra $60 to same day it

You can expedite it if you go to the post office, to0. Pay a few extra sawbucks and you'll get it in 7-10 business days.

Starboard		2006-12-12 01:08:52 PM

Does this mean the terrorists win or not?

Sgian Dubh		2006-12-12 01:08:59 PM

xbook: If you leave the US without a passport, you are a MORON. END OF STORY.

Really? Whyso? What benefit does a passport give me? Its only purpose is to allow the governments to keep track of my movements. How does that help me in any way?

moops		2006-12-12 01:09:43 PM

Considering that red-staters and mouth-breathers think owning passport is equated with being a socialist, it's a big deal for them.

But these are the people who can't name a single province in Canada, so screw them.

LoveRBS		2006-12-12 01:09:49 PM

Yea I just got my passport renewed this year. Only took about 8 weeks for them to get it to me.

/picture looks horrible
//I look homeless.

Rev. Skarekroe		2006-12-12 01:10:04 PM

Brick Top: Going into Quebec from New England:
French Canadian in a sweater, coffee in hand, smiles and says "Bonjour!"

Coming back into the States from Quebec:
Officer Farva stomps out in a flak vest and interrogates me for 30 minutes about "What hotel I was at" and "Did I have any meals with foreign nationals."

/Canada FTW

If somebody were to blow up a couple of big buildings full of people in Canada, I guarantee you that'd change.

foonly		2006-12-12 01:10:21 PM

Grandmaster Poopypants: They entered the country legally. Even by today's supposedly stricter standards (though they may have had shampoo in their carry-on bags when they entered the country).

Thank FSM that we're only allowing unwashed terrorists in now.

Purelilac		2006-12-12 01:10:38 PM

I got my passport the slow cheaper way and it still came in about 2 weeks. That was in 2002.

chaddsfarkprefect		2006-12-12 01:11:05 PM

Grandmaster Poopypants
They entered the country legally. Even by today's supposedly stricter standards (though they may have had shampoo in their carry-on bags when they entered the country).

"Oh man, check it out--I put it inside baggies and then put baggies inside my shampoo, that way the dogs don't smell it. Full proof plan, I think."