Comments on: Passport costs going up again

By: Washington state accepts REAL ID, gets bonus - Homeland Stupidity

Washington state accepts REAL ID, gets bonus - Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:19:14 +0000

[...] In a pilot project announced Friday, Washington state residents will be able to pay $40 to get a so-called “secure” driver license or identification card which contains an RFID chip, complies with REAL ID and will allow the holder to cross the Canadian border without having to obtain a passport. Passports currently cost $97. [...]

By: Kevin Jaynes

Kevin Jaynes — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:38:37 +0000

Yeah I bet this won’t stop illegal immigrants from crossing right over our land borders though. This is probably just a way for the government to babble on about how they really care about border security when they do nothing about it and punish our Border Patrol Agents when they do try to apprehend illegals. The real thing is they want to impose more tyranny over us than they already can with the I.R.S. Income Ripoff Service!

By: imtiaz rasheed

imtiaz rasheed — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:41:12 +0000

How do you renew your passport when it expires to make it new again

By: State Department proposes $20 RFID passport cards - Homeland Stupidity

State Department proposes $20 RFID passport cards - Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:06:54 +0000

[...] As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, Congress has required that all U.S. citizens traveling by land have passports by January 1, 2009. A regular passport costs $95. The UHF vicinity technology would allow reader equipment to link to the card from a distance of about 32 feet, in contrast to the HF proximity technology that functions within three feet. Proponents of both the technologies tout their current or future security benefits, while some privacy activists have questioned or denounced the use of RF technology of any kind for secure credentials. [...]

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:59:41 +0000

Joe, read carefully. When this program goes into effect, you will need a passport to re-enter the U.S. from Canada or Mexico.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:17:06 +0000

Just to clarify the statement that the US is requiring a passport to re-enter US from Canada or Mexico; you don’t have to have a passport, although that is recommended, but you do need some sort of gov’t issued identification such as Driver’s license or gov’t issued birthcertificate – copy or faxes of are accepted.