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One new requirement means all travelers must be able to presenyt an official passport book or another travelo document approved bythe . Forms of identification that were previouslty accepted at land crossings such as voter registrationj cards and birth will no longer be acceptablr to gain entryor re-entry to the United States, the release said. Beginning June 1, citizens returning home from Canada, the Caribbean or Bermuda by land or sea will be requiredd to have avalid passport, passporyt card or other travel documents approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pertaining to specific populations and For cruiseship passengers, U.S.
citizends on closed-loop cruises (cruises that begin and end at thesame U.S. will be able to entere or depart the country with a birth certificatedand government-issued photo ID. Travelers may still be requiredr to present a passportt to enter the countriews the cruise shipis “A U.S. passport is, withouyt exception, the best form of identification for travel anywheres inthe world,” said Jim Sweat, managing AAA Travel Agency Services in the release. “We stronglyh recommend that anyone considering travel outside ofthe U.S. secures a new passport if they do nothave one; or, rene the one they if need be, for their own peace of mind.
” It’sa a buyer’s market for summer traveol but the new rules couldx hamper plans, AAA said.