System strained by passport backlog
Associated Press
WASHINGTON The Bush administration has suspended some of its new post-Sept. 11 requirements for Americans travelling abroad, hoping to placate Congress and irate summer travellers whose vacations were thwarted by delays in processing their passports. The proposal today would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The suspension should allow the State Department to catch up with a massive surge in applications that has overwhelmed passport processing centres since the rule took effect this year. The resulting backlog has caused up to three-month delays for passports and ruined or delayed the travel plans of thousands of Americans. The proposal applies only to Americans, a U.S. official has said. Canadian air travellers entering the United States will still need passports. But it would be a balm to the Canadian tourism industry and others who rely on a steady stream of American visitors and are already losing money due to confusion about the new security rules.

samyprez wrote:

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Estados Unidos suspendió ayer el requisito a sus ciudadanos de utilizar pasaporte para viajar a Canadá, México, el Caribe y las Bermudas...

alguien sabe si por igual nosotros (Canada). Ya no tendriamos que usar pasaportes tampoco para entrar a USA por aire ...

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Why don't you just give that a try and let us know how it goes.

p.s. : Bring a camera. A VIDEO camera.