[93065] in North American Network Operators' Group
re: passports for NANOG-39, Toronto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Thu Oct 26 07:00:33 2006
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:59:10 -0400
From: "Alex Rubenstein" <alex@corp.nac.net>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> You may have heard that the US and Canada are going to start requiring
> passports for air travel between them beginning "soon". That date is
> currently set as 8 Jan 2007, which is before February NANOG. MERIT
> has noted this on the web site, but a cursory check of my list
> archives didn't turn up mention of it (sorry if I overlooked it; the
> last couple of weeks have been hectic), so I figured I'd include the
> pointer:
FYI, this date only applies to air or sea (which I imagine is the bulk
of people going). However, for land crossings:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/regional/regional_1170.html
"The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires
that, by January 1, 2008, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda,
Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted
document to enter or re-enter the United States."
[...]
The travel initiative requirements will be rolled out in phases. The
proposed implementation timeline is as follows:
December 31, 2006 - Passport required for all air and sea travel to or
from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and
Bermuda.=20
December 31, 2007 - Passport required for all land border crossings, as
well as air and sea travel.=20
