| Many things are changing when it comes to air travel. | | | | To get a passport renewed, the fees are $67. So |
| Some of the changes come from the government. | | | | for an adult with his first passport, the cost ends up |
| We all know about the carry on luggage rules that | | | | being $9.70 a year. Pretty cost effective, huh? Of |
| have changed frequently over the past few months. | | | | course, those fees don't include the price paid for |
| The next big scheduled change will be a change in | | | | getting your passport photo or for the added fees if |
| the passport requirements to re-enter the United | | | | you want your application expedited.If you have |
| States.At the moment, if you are traveling to Mexico, | | | | never applied for a passport before, there are some |
| Canada, Bermuda, Panama or the Caribbean, a | | | | things you will want to know before applying. You |
| passport is not necessary. But that will be changing | | | | must apply in person. There are over 7,000 facilities |
| soon. Due to The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism | | | | in the United States that can issue passports. To find |
| Prevention Act of 2004, on January 8, 2007, all | | | | the one that is near you, you can go to and type in |
| travelers coming from or returning from these | | | | your zip code. The website will direct you to the |
| destinations will need a passport to enter the United | | | | facilities that are nearest to you. You will need proof |
| States.This January 8, 2007 date is for travelers | | | | that you are a United States citizen or proof of your |
| entering the United States by air or by sea. For | | | | nationality. For U.S. citizens born in the U.S. you will |
| travelers entering the United States across a land | | | | need a certified copy of your birth certificate issued |
| border, they will be required to start providing | | | | by a government office (not a hospital). For U.S. |
| passports as identification on January 1, 2008. All of | | | | citizens born outside the U.S., you will need a |
| the new regulations are required for adults and | | | | Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship. An expired |
| children alike.Currently, the regulation states that any | | | | U.S. passport can also be used as proof. Have your |
| traveler wishing to enter or re-enter the United | | | | passport photos taken before applying. The type of |
| States from these destinations needs to have a valid | | | | photographs you need are very specific, but that is |
| driver's license and a birth certificate. Those | | | | to ensure that no one else can use your passport. |
| documents will not be enough once January hits. | | | | You must have two identical photographs that have |
| They will still be accepted if you are returning from a | | | | been taken within the last six months. The size of |
| U.S. territory such as Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. | | | | the photographs must be 2x2 inches. Your picture |
| Virgin Islands. Since they are U.S. territories, it is not | | | | within the photo must be between 1 and 1 3/8 |
| considered leaving the United States when you visit | | | | inches. The photo must be on a white background. |
| there.If you are planning to travel outside of the | | | | You must be facing forward, showing your full face |
| United States or its territories after the New Year | | | | and not wearing a hat or dark glasses. You will need |
| and don't have a passport, now is the time to be | | | | a photo ID with your signature. This can be an |
| applying for one. The average time for processing a | | | | expired U.S. passport, a Certificate of Naturalization or |
| passport is six weeks. The busy time for passport | | | | Citizenship, a valid government ID card, a valid military |
| applications tends to be between January and July. | | | | ID card, or a valid driver's license. Once you have all |
| You are likely to get your passport more quickly if | | | | of your documents and photos in order, you can fill |
| you give in your application between August and | | | | out an application for a passport known as a DS-11. |
| December. So now is the time to do make your | | | | Do not sign the application unless you are in the |
| application. If you need your passport more quickly, | | | | presence of the person who will be executing your |
| there is an expedited service for an extra fee.You | | | | passport. If you do sign it without the executor, your |
| may be wondering about the fees associated with a | | | | application will become invalid. You can download an |
| passport in general. Actually, they aren't so bad when | | | | application and have it filled out before you visit the |
| you think about it. A passport is good for ten years, | | | | facility that will issue your passport. To download the |
| so when you divide the cost of the passport by the | | | | application, go to If you already have a passport, but |
| number of years it is valid, you're getting a pretty | | | | it has expired you can renew your passport by mail if |
| good bang for your buck. Much better than say the | | | | you meet the following requirements. Your passport |
| $50 or so you probably have to pay every year to | | | | must not be damaged. It must have been received |
| register a car in most states - even if none of your | | | | within the past 15 years. You must have been at |
| personal information changes. So when you're thinking | | | | least 16 years old when it was issued. You still have |
| about the passport fees, try to put them in | | | | the same name as the one in the passport (or a legal |
| perspective. You get ten years of world wide travel | | | | document proving your name change). If you do not |
| as an American Citizen. It's not so bad when you | | | | meet the above requirements, you must apply in |
| think of it that way.So, what are the fees exactly? | | | | person for a new passport.This important message |
| For children under sixteen, a passport will cost $82. | | | | on passport services was brought to you by daily |
| For those sixteen and older, a passport will cost $97. | | | | travel air. |