passport needed or not for Caribbean cruise?

On Jun 16, 10:29*am, Ohioguy wrote:
* *I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on Monday.
...my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to Europe
or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. *I guess it will be convenient to already
have the passport, if so.

Exactly. Now you have it. And, as others have noted, it's a darn good
piece of ID. I always bring my passport for new jobs, where they need
to both confirm your identity and whether you're a citizen. Standard
procedures require 2 IDs for this, but only 1 if it's a passport.

Mark

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:10:23 -0700 (PDT), Mark (SF) wrote:

On Jun 16, 10:29*am, Ohioguy wrote:
* *I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on Monday.
...my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to Europe
or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. *I guess it will be convenient to already
have the passport, if so.

Exactly. Now you have it. And, as others have noted, it's a darn good
piece of ID. I always bring my passport for new jobs, where they need
to both confirm your identity and whether you're a citizen. Standard
procedures require 2 IDs for this, but only 1 if it's a passport.

Mark

Btw, you Mac-made website doesn't render in FF but does in IE(8) That
sir, is funny.
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On 6/13/2010 7:39 PM, Dillon Pyron wrote:
[Default] Thus spake :

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:36:41 -0500, Dillon PyronOkay, this doesn't
apply anymore, but back around 98 Continental ran a
special. $99 each way Houston to Paris.

Paris, Texas?

Yeah, and then on to Athens and finally Palestine.


You missed Moscow. Population 170 including one cop who can be found
patrolling the one mile of Rt. 59 that lies within his jurisdiction.

"You ain't from around here, are you, boy."

Sigh, actually I won't miss Moscow this weekend. Our travels will
take us through it. At 35 mph.
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[Default] Thus spake Ohioguy :

I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on Monday.
I was tempted to just get the Passport Card, but I checked over the
list of countries, and 1 stop in the Caribbean was not on the list.
This probably wouldn't have been a problem, because I'm not likely to go
ashore a lot, but my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to Europe
or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. I guess it will be convenient to already
have the passport, if so.

It actually doesn't matter if you choose to go ashore on whatever
island (too lazy to look). If the ship stops there, you need proper
documentation.
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March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!

Dillon Pyron wrote:
[Default] Thus spake Ohioguy :

I ended up getting both the Passport and the Passport Card on
Monday.
I was tempted to just get the Passport Card, but I checked over the
list of countries, and 1 stop in the Caribbean was not on the list.
This probably wouldn't have been a problem, because I'm not likely to
go
ashore a lot, but my wife seems to think we may possibly fly to
Europe
or somewhere in 5 or 6 years. I guess it will be convenient to
already
have the passport, if so.

It actually doesn't matter if you choose to go ashore on whatever
island (too lazy to look). If the ship stops there, you need proper
documentation.

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

--
Charles

On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles wrote:

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:

On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles wrote:

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

Absolutely.
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On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:

On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles wrote:

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

Absolutely.

Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
in port for more than a certain limited amount of time. They can't
actually leave the port area.
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- dillon I am not invalid

Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)
March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:35 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

[Default] Thus spake Ari Silverstein :

On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:

On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles wrote:

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

Absolutely.

Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
in port for more than a certain limited amount of time.

It's a non-immigrating visa.

They can't
actually leave the port area.

Really? Cruise line restriction or visa restriction? What if they have
a valid passport?
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:

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:35 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

[Default] Thus spake Ari Silverstein :

On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:

On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles wrote:

Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
not.

Is that true of crew members as well?

Absolutely.

Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
in port for more than a certain limited amount of time.

It's a non-immigrating visa.

Not exactly. There are many, many non-immigrating visas that don't
permit one to legally "work" in the US.


They can't
actually leave the port area.

Really? Cruise line restriction or visa restriction? What if they have
a valid passport?

Depends on where they're from. Visa waiver country? No problem, but
then they don't need one in the first place, so the question is moot.

Pakistan, correct. In theory they can't get past security. Practice
is a different story.
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Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)
March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!