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| *Travel Tips>>>Puerto Rico Travel Tips |
I understand that Puerto Rico is part of the US but I heard that starting in 2007 there was a Passport require |
Travel Info thanks to all of those who answered previous question Travel Tips "Beginning January 23, 2007, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable." Also stated below is: "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." Check out this government site for more details: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbp... Yes, Puerto Rico is a common wealth of the US and considered a US territory so if you are a US Citizen you will NOT need a passport because technically speaking you haven't left the US. Source(s): I live in PR. Other Travel Tips No Passport is required for travel to Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. You will now need a Passport to enter from Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas for air and land travel in 2007. You will need a passport to cruise in 2008. Not so. Only islands in the Carribean That do not belong to the US Depends where are You coming from...if your traveling from any state to Puerto Rico it's consider Domestic interstate so You need your regular ID's... If you're coming from other country...same documents that You need to travel anywhere else..Passport and Visa. There is a passport requirement to enter Puerto Rico beginning today January 23, 2007 for all persons including US citizens. Look at this: website: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbp... Beginning January 23, 2007, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable. Here is another website: http://www.aa.com/apps/netsaaver/viewpro... You Don't need a passport to go to Puerto Rico since it is under U.S. control. |
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