Please be aware of new federal passport
requirements for your upcoming travel. Effective
January 23, 2007, all travelers will be required to hold
a valid passport to enter the United States by
air.
The new passport requirement means that all
travelers, including U.S. citizens, who are departing
the U.S. and intend to re-enter the United States
are required to hold a valid passport upon departure.
This requirement also applies when traveling from
Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the
Caribbean and Bermuda.
We suggest applying for a new passport, or checking
your current passport to ensure it is still valid. It can
take up to six weeks to process a new one.
The passport requirement does NOT apply to
U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a
U.S. territory. U.S. citizens returning directly from a
U.S. territory are not considered to have left the
United States and do not need to present a
passport. U.S. territories include the following:
Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Swains Island, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information about passports please visit the U.S. State Department web site. 
