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When packing for spring break, dont forget your passport
Taylor Higgins
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Features
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Packing for Spring Break includes tanning oil, bathing suits and this year, a passport.
Beginning Jan. 23 everyone, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are required to present a valid passport.
The Mail and Duplicating center is holding a "Passport Day" for those students who do not yet have a passport.
On Feb. 7 the U.S. Postal service will be on campus in the Information Technology Conference room between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to take photos, process applications, and other documents needed.
The Mail and Duplicating center will supply students with the proper application forms, or the forms can be downloaded at: http://foia.state.gov/FORMS/Passport/ds0011.pdf
"I recently heard about the Passport Day at SHU and had to go home and get my birth certificate. Normally I wouldn't need a passport to go to Acapulco but this year I do so I decided to get it done at SHU," said Simona Altavilla, junior, Monroe.
On Passport Day students will need to bring with them a birth certificate with a raised seal from the city and state they were born, drivers license, check for $67 payable to the U.S. Department of State and they also will need a check for $30 payable to U.S.T.S.
"Students will also need two photos of themselves which they can have done on their own at a local CVS or Walgreens, or we can take the picture for them and that will cost another $15. If we take the picture for you, the check to U.S.T.S would be for $45," said Lisa Cioffi, employee of the U.S. Postal Office, Bridgeport, which will be holding the event.
"The normal processing time is four to six weeks after they apply. If a student needs their passport to be done sooner, they can pay a $60 expedite fee and can receive it in two weeks following the date that they apply," said Cioffi.
There are a few instances where the passport requirement does not apply including U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from anywhere in the U.S.
Beginning Jan. 23 everyone, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are required to present a valid passport.
The Mail and Duplicating center is holding a "Passport Day" for those students who do not yet have a passport.
On Feb. 7 the U.S. Postal service will be on campus in the Information Technology Conference room between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to take photos, process applications, and other documents needed.
The Mail and Duplicating center will supply students with the proper application forms, or the forms can be downloaded at: http://foia.state.gov/FORMS/Passport/ds0011.pdf
"I recently heard about the Passport Day at SHU and had to go home and get my birth certificate. Normally I wouldn't need a passport to go to Acapulco but this year I do so I decided to get it done at SHU," said Simona Altavilla, junior, Monroe.
On Passport Day students will need to bring with them a birth certificate with a raised seal from the city and state they were born, drivers license, check for $67 payable to the U.S. Department of State and they also will need a check for $30 payable to U.S.T.S.
"Students will also need two photos of themselves which they can have done on their own at a local CVS or Walgreens, or we can take the picture for them and that will cost another $15. If we take the picture for you, the check to U.S.T.S would be for $45," said Lisa Cioffi, employee of the U.S. Postal Office, Bridgeport, which will be holding the event.
"The normal processing time is four to six weeks after they apply. If a student needs their passport to be done sooner, they can pay a $60 expedite fee and can receive it in two weeks following the date that they apply," said Cioffi.
There are a few instances where the passport requirement does not apply including U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from anywhere in the U.S.
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