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U.S. Passports No Longer Issued Abroad Passports will no longer be issued at U.S. embassies and consulates. Passports issued for Americans abroad will now be issued by the National Passport Processing Center in Portsmouth, NH, to accommodate the incorporation of a digitized image and other new passport security features. This new policy will increase processing time for Americans applying for passports abroad, but the State Dept. believes it will increase security. Americans abroad with passport needs are encouraged to apply early. Embassies and consulates will be able to issue passports with limited validity for urgent travel. For the complete story, see the State Dept. press release.

New Law on Passport Applications for Minors
On July 2, 2001, the Department of State implemented a new law regarding the passport applications of minor U.S. citizens under age 14. Under this new law, a person applying for a U.S. passport for a child under 14 must demonstrate that both parents consent to the issuance of a passport to the child or that the applying parent has sole authority to obtain the passport. This new law also raises the age at which a minor may execute his or her own passport application from 13 to 14. The purpose of the new requirement is to lessen the possibility that a U.S. passport might be used in the course of an international parental child abduction.

Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.

Public Announcements are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term and/or trans-national conditions posing significant risks to the security of American travelers. They are made any time there is a perceived threat and usually have Americans as a particular target group. In the past, Public Announcements have been issued to deal with short-term coups, bomb threats to airlines, violence by terrorists and anniversary dates of specific terrorist events.

Consular Information Sheets are available for every country of the world. They include such information as location of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties. If an unstable condition exists in a country that is not severe enough to warrant a Travel Warning, a description of the condition(s) may be included under an optional section entitled "Safety/Security." On limited occasions, we also restate in this section any U.S. Embassy advice given to official employees. Consular Information Sheets generally do not include advice, but present information in a factual manner so the traveler can make his or her own decisions concerning travel to a particular country.

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