The new law only applies to anyone entering the US. The days of traveling with just a birth certificate or photo ID are over, which makes sense anyway.
A traveler without a passport is like a vehicle out of gas.
The price of it may **** you off or the time to wait, but come on, a US passport is worth more than gold in any country i've ever visited. Be proud you can even get one, grin and bear it, as stated previously. It's about control of entry.
Well, since I am Canadian I don't think a US passport would be worth its weight in gold for me!!!
Particularly, since I don't qualify for one!
Anyway, I have a passport so this wasn't about me. I thought I would put out the info for any Canadians out there that might just decide to jump on a plane at the last minute, only to find out they can't! But now I find out they can - so this is basically a non-issue now. With the exception of those Canadians who are going to be on flights that are connecting in the US.
Gosh, now I am really sorry for posting (besides the fact that I had the wrong facts LOL).
I think it is agreed amongst all that travelling without a passport these days is not a wise thing.
I might add for us DR1'rs that live close to border towns, that we still can cross the border into the US by car, board a plane in the US for a domestic flight only(eg: Minneapolis to Miami) and not need a passport, but we still cannot board a plane in Minneapolis and fly to the DR without a passport. This I know as I checked this out with the government website.
Marlie