Passport Booklet and a Passport Card? - Page 2

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

recently applied for a passport renewal and opted to get both the passport book and the card. may go to canada this summer and wanted the card to use. it cannot hurt to have another photo ID handy, especially these days and with my name.

our AAA takes passport photos for $2.95 because we are plus members.

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DiAnne · ‎09-22-2010

I have an enhanced driver's license that gets me in and out of Canada.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@151949 wrote:
If you need to get the book then you won't need the card. However , if you only plan to travel to Canada you would only need the card - unless you chose to enter Canada via the great lakes - then you need the book type. My DH & I learned this the hard way. We wernt over to Canada from Erie, Pa on our boat and were refused dockage because we did not have regular passports, and the cards are for LAND entry only. We had to leave and go out onto the lake, drop anchor and spend the night afloat.

the passport cards are good for both land AND sea entry.

The passport card is a wallet-size travel document that can only be used to re-enter the United States at land border-crossings or ports-of-entry by sea from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.The card provides a smaller, more convenient, and less expensive alternative to the passport book for those who travel frequently to these destinations by land or sea.

The card has the same validity period as a passport book: 10 years for an adult, five years for children age 16 and younger. Adults who already have a passport book may apply for the card at a reduced price.

https://travel.state.gov/content/studentsabroad/en/beforeyougo/passports/whatisapassportcardandhowto...

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gabstoomuch · ‎03-16-2010

Isn't there a new rule coming up that requires all people to have the card to fly within the United States?

Passport is passport, everyone knows you need a passport to go overseas. But there is something to the card, a bill that passed but they pushed out the "required" date because the airlines were not ready for scanning them (or something like that).

It is only ringing a bell because my son travels for work and he said they sent out notices a time back that the traveling employees would have to make sure they got the card and they would be reimbursed. Then they said they could take their time doing it because the requirement was pushed out to October of 2017? 18?

So even traveling within the United States (and Canada, Mexico, the islands, Puerto Rico) everyone will need a traveling card.

I wonder if that is why they are offering the add-on option now, because the price will probably go up once the rule is put into place?

I may be totally wrong, but I know I had a conversation with my son about this.

**slinks back to her corner because she never travels, except to Walmart 1 mile down the road **

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

Recently renewed my passport and opted for the card as well. I think it's good to carry both when travelling for added security; for instance on a ship when I can keep booklet in cabin safe and go ashore with the card as extra I.d. I have always travelled with laminated signature pages of passport ( put one inside each suitcase ) take one ashore in case I "miss the boat" (never has happened).

Tribesters · ‎03-10-2010

@Pearlee

I have both but only because I got the card first. Never imagined I'd go anywhere other than driving to Canada. Then got opportunity for free trip to Mexico (flying) so I had to get the book. As you said the book is good for all travel so if you get it you don't need the card. However, the card is easy to carry in your wallet & may come in handy. I live fairly close to Canada. One day we took off- not planning on going to Canada. On the spur of the moment we decided to go to Canada. Luckily I had the card in my wallet. The book I keep in a mini safe. I don't carry it unless I'm traveling. If you can afford the $40 I'd say get it. Especially if you live within driving distance of Canada or Mexico.

FrostyBabe1 · ‎05-09-2016

I have and use both. I use the passport card as my ID when I fly domestically, rather than my drivers license.

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I actually got my passport card as an additional ID for when we moved to Florida - I had heard it was difficult to get your driver's license here - that since 9/11 they were very strict about ID, and you really had to provide a document trail.My DH had a passport card because part of his territory when he was working was S E Canada. We use them now to go to Niagara Falls about once every few years.

crazered · ‎04-01-2010

I just called National Passport info spoke ty an agent (6-8-17) to ask about using the passport ID card to fly. Yes it can be used as a ID to board the plane if your travel is in the US. Just wanted to clear up any questions.

WenGirl42 · ‎07-05-2012

@gabstoomuch wrote:
Isn't there a new rule coming up that requires all people to have the card to fly within the United States?

Passport is passport, everyone knows you need a passport to go overseas. But there is something to the card, a bill that passed but they pushed out the "required" date because the airlines were not ready for scanning them (or something like that).

It is only ringing a bell because my son travels for work and he said they sent out notices a time back that the traveling employees would have to make sure they got the card and they would be reimbursed. Then they said they could take their time doing it because the requirement was pushed out to October of 2017? 18?

So even traveling within the United States (and Canada, Mexico, the islands, Puerto Rico) everyone will need a traveling card.

I wonder if that is why they are offering the add-on option now, because the price will probably go up once the rule is put into place?

I may be totally wrong, but I know I had a conversation with my son about this.

**slinks back to her corner because she never travels, except to Walmart 1 mile down the road **

@gabstoomuch There won't be a rule requiring everyone to have the passport card to fly, no. But as of January 2018, you need a "REAL ID-compliant" form of identification. For some states, the Drivers' License will continue to suffice. Sounds like your son is not in one of those states. People in states where the DL is not compliant with these new minimum standards will need an ID that is compliant to fly domestically, and both passports and passport cards qualify.