March 9, 2008
High-tech passport card available, may speed border crossings!
I love the new technology that is coming out. It certainly is making it easier for American and foreign travelers. It’s cost effective and expedites you through the nation’s borders. Now we need express lanes for those who have the passport cards.
Americans wanting to visit Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean by land or sea can now apply for the new passport card, a cheaper, high-tech alternative to a regular passport. The passport cards, available for about half the price of a passport, has a chip with an encoded ID number that border guards read using RFID scanners from 20 feet away. Seattle Times, The
Tell me your border crossing experiences at http://www.airportbook.com/contact.htm.
Filed under Passenger Awareness by Natalia Ippolito




