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Mexico City, October 24, 2006 -- “Americans who travel to and from Mexico on an airplane will need to carry a valid U.S. passport under new rules that go into effect on January 8, 2007.
Americans living in Mexico who do not have a valid U.S. passport should apply for one at the United States Embassy or at any U.S. consulate, as soon as possible. Though we have extra staff ready to handle the increased demand, applying for and receiving a passport can take four to six weeks.
The passport application process is simple. Please click on the following weblink for information about how you can apply for your passport.
New U.S. passports use high-tech features that make them safer than ever from tampering and falsification. Since only Americans citizens can obtain and use them, traveling with a U.S. passport relieves airport security officers from the burden of determining if a traveler using a birth certificate or drivers license really is an American citizen. Please click on this link to read my op-ed about how traveling with a passport will make flying safer and faster.
In the coming weeks, U.S. officials will provide interviews and speak at important fora in Mexico, so that every American who lives here will know they must have a passport if they plan to travel by air after January 8, 2007.”
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