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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The US Department of State launched the “zero tolerance” passport program 4 years ago in an effort to combat passport fraud. Passports are vital travel documents and the US Department of State puts forth great efforts to make sure that passport fraud is approached with a tough strategy.
People wishing to obtain fraudulent passports sometimes use the names of people who are recently deceased – especially young children. Several passport offenders have been caught this year thanks to the efforts of the US Department of State’s “Operation Death Match” passport initiative.
Passport fraud can happen in several ways. Passport offenders often take the identity of others and use counterfeit government identification documents.
It is important for US passport holders to keep their US passports safe. The most basic form of passport backup is to make photocopies of your passport before travel. Leave one passport photocopy at home and take another passport photocopy with you on your trip.
If you need an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, passport photos or other passport services, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida. Rush Passport™’s New York City passport agency is conveniently located at 875 6th Avenue, Suite #1606, New York, NY 10001.
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
The focus of today’s Rush Passport™ blog is a passport article in which 7 On Your Side helped out a Greenville County, South Carolina woman. According to the passport article, Ruth Jackson who was born in the United States needs a passport to travel to the island of Jamaica this month. Back in April, Jackson’s daughter Lisa Owens applied for her mom’s passport and the passport has not yet been received. According to Owens, the US Department of State would not accept her mother’s delayed birth certificate. In addition to this issue, Jackson’s baptismal records were not kept of file at her church. Also, Jackson’s school records were destroyed in a fire as confirmed by a letter produced by Byrnes High School. To top everything off, her marriage certificate only lists her age at the time of marriage and doesn’t list her date of birth.
When Jackson ran into these issues getting her passport, she gave up and was ready to cancel her trip. Owens tried to help her mom get her passport and contacted 7 On Your Side. In turn, 7 On Your Side contacted the U.S. Postal Service, the Department of State and Congressman Trey Gowdy’s office.
Finally, after several weeks of work between all of the agencies, Jackson is getting two pieces of documentation that should help her get her passport. The two final pieces that will help Jackson get a passport are a 10 year driving history and an affidavit signed by her brother and sister proving that she was born in the United States.
If you have a passport emergency, contact Rush Passport™. Rush Passport™ specializes in expediting passports and making people’s trips come true.
If you need an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, passport photos or other passport services, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
“Passport Day in the USA” had been scheduled for Saturday, April 9, 2011. However, due to the threat of the government shutdown, “Passport Day in the USA” was postponed. The new date has been released by the US Department of State.
US Department of State has declared Saturday, September 17, 2011 “Passport Day in the USA”. The passport event is intended to offer passport applicants a Saturday in which they can apply for passports. Here at Rush Passport™, we are always open on Saturdays to assist you with your passport needs. On Saturday, September 17, 2011 we will be celebrating “Passport Day in the USA” by expediting passports, obtaining same day passports, renewing passports and assisting passport applicants to get emergency passports. At Rush Passport™ we offer passport services Monday – Saturday at our New York City passport office.
If you’ve been putting off getting your passport, then now is the time! Come celebrate “Passport Day in the USA” with Rush Passport™.
If you need an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, passport photos or other passport services, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Passport fees too expensive? Do you think that passports cost too much money? Two members of congress from NY have a plan to make passports more affordable. Democrats Brian Higgins and Kathy Hochul represent districts near the US – Canada border where thousands of passport holders travel cross each day.
Their constituents not only want the passport fees to be lower, but they need passports now more than ever before due to the stricter requirements for travelers wishing to cross the US – Canada border.
The plan to lower the cost of passports may carry some weight since both Higgins and Hochul server on the Homeland Security Committee.
An adult passport currently costs $110 + $25 processing fee. The adult passport is good for 10 years. The cost is approximately $13 per year. Proponents think that by lowering the cost of getting a passport more people will apply for passports. Others think that passport fees are already low enough. New technology and security measures have made the cost of producing a US passport rise. By lowering the cost of the passport, the passports would actually cost the US Department of State money.
If you need a US passport card or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book or passport photos be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Need a US passport? Thinking about applying for a US passport? Now is a great time to apply for a passport. Travel season is coming soon and people start searching for their passports. Some people will find out that their passports have been lost or stolen. Some of those people will need emergency passports, same day passport, rush passports and expedited passports. Actually, those are all the same thing… and that’s what we do here at Rush Passport™. We are registered passport expeditors of the US Department of State and foreign consulates.
There are some places that we would suggest avoiding for the time being, such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Bahrain. Those areas have recently required US Consular Affairs workers to evacuate U.S. citizens.
However, according to Frommer’s, the top 12 destinations for passport holders to visit in 2011 are as follows:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Santiago, Chile
- Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Ponza & the Pontine Islands, Italy
- Kent Coast, England
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Doha, Qatar
- Cesme Peninsula, Turkey
- Atlanta, Georgia (US passport not needed for travel)
- Nahanni National Park, Canada
Ireland won the reader’s choice award for the top destination.
If you need a US passport card or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book or passport photos be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The US Department of State has created a new passport questionnaire in an effort to make the passport process more secure. The new passport questionnaire has been getting a lot of buzz. The 5 page passport questionnaire asks straightforward questions such as date of birth and current employer. However, there are also some strange questions that are somewhat puzzling.
The passport questionnaire requires the passport applicant to complete some bizarre fields such as “Who was present when you were born?” The passport applicant is also required to list every address that they have ever had, every place where they ever worked and whether or not they received pre-natal or post-natal medical care.
Does this seem like a lot of extraneous information to be on a passport application? Well, that’s not all. The passport applicant is also required to list personal details about siblings and parents. The information on the passport application is “voluntary” but failure to provide the information may result in the passport application being denied.
This proposed passport questionnaire is supposed to be geared towards passport applicants who are unable to produce an original birth certificate.
If you need a US passport card or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book or passport photos be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
The US State Department is doing is best to prevent passport fraud. As a result, some passport acceptance facilities across the country will be closing. Passport security is a very important area for the State Department to concentrate on. In addition to passport offices and post offices, certain cities and towns have recorder’s offices that may also accept passport applications.
However, in 2003 the US State Department, in an effort to maximize passport security stopped opening new facilities that could issue both birth certificates and passports. The Hancock County Recorder’s Office in Iowa is one such example of an agency that issues birth certificates and passports. In 2010, the US State Department announced that any existing offices that issue both birth certificates and passports would no longer be able to issue passports.
As a result, the Hancock County Recorder’s Office will no longer be able to issue passports. The last day that the office can act as a passport facility is Friday, April 29, 2011. The workers at the Hancock County Recorder’s Office feel that they should be able to continue issuing passports because there has never been an incident of passport fraud coming from their office. They have received passport training and feel that it is a service to the community to offer passport services.
The US Department of State feels that although there may have not been instances of passport fraud coming from the Hancock Recorder’s Office, they must adhere to the new regulations in the interest of passport security.
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If you need a US passport card or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book or passport photos be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
A recent Rush Passport™ blog entry spoke about US citizens who owe millions of dollars in back taxes to the IRS and their passports are still valid. Many US Citizens feel that anyone who owes money to the IRS should not be issued valid passports until their balances are cleared. Other US citizens feel that the US Department of State should not interfere with the right for a citizen to get a passport regardless of whether or not they owe money to the IRS.
As this debate rolls along, it seems that the US is not the only country that has troubles with people who owes millions in back taxes and can still apply for, receive and new passport.
In New Delhi, Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh has admitted that he had recommended that Hasan Ali Khan’s passport be expedited on humanitarian grounds. Even though Khan faces charges of tax evasion and money laundering, Singh reportedly used his policital power to order Khan’s passport applicantion to be expedited even though Khan owes the government millions of dollars.
It seems that this passport problem is a global one. Citizens want to have the privilege of owning a passport, regardless of whether or not they owe back taxes. Proponents feel that this withholding a person’s passport based on money owed may provide another economic stimulus to the company.
If you need passport photos or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Passport Day in the USA
It seems that the US Department of State didn’t see the possible federal government shut down coming when they announced that Saturday, April 9th would be National Passport Day in the USA. Now, if the federal government shut down takes place on April 8th, then the US Department of State has announced that National Passport Day in the USA will not be held.
The passport event that spans across the US was put into effect as an opportunity for passport applicants to apply for passports during extra Saturday hours at passport acceptance facilities. Rush Passport™ is always open on Saturdays, so we actually celebrate Passport Day in the USA every week!
If the government does stay open and is able to avoid the shut down, then passport hopefuls will be able to apply for passports all day Saturday. If not, it is hard to tell when new passports will be made available.
In the event of a government shutdown, American passport holders who are already traveling abroad can still do so. Also, they will still be able to receive emergency passport assistance from US Embassies and consulates. The cut backs, however, will have an effect on some of the other work that the consulates do, such as processing US visas.
Hopefully the government shut down will not take place and Passport Day in the USA will be a day in which several American citizens are able to get their passports.
If you need an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, passport photos or other passport services, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
The US Department of State is trying to increase US passport awareness, so they are celebrating! April 9th will officially be known as Passport Day in the USA. Passport Day in the USA is a passport acceptance and outreach event. Nowadays, passports are required for travel to more countries than ever. Along with the demand for passports, come more questions about how to get a passport. Passport requirements are not as tricky as they seem as long as you follow the passport application process.
April 9th is a day to find out more information about how to get a passport as well as exploring the benefits of getting a US passport. Passport Day in the USA is all about passport awareness.
More and more passport applications are processed every day, but still there are many US citizens without valid US passports. Many people do not own US passports because they are confused about the passport requirements. Others think that the passport process is too complicated. Passport Day in the USA is all about dispelling the rumors about passports and making passports more accessible.
Rush Passport™ will be celebrating Passport Day in the USA by helping US citizens get US passports. As always, our passport agents will be answering questions about the passport process and they will also be processing passport applications.
It is important to know that US citizens must present a valid US passport book when entering or re-entering the United States by air. US citizens entering the US from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda at land borders and sea ports of entry must present their US passport books or US passport cards.
If you need an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, first time passport, passport photos or other passport services, be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.
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