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(@ericadam)
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What's the official policy on main landers needing a passport to get to the USVI and back?

 
Posted : January 29, 2009 6:09 pm
 Pia
(@pia)
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US Citizens do not need a Passport to visit the USVI's but you do need ID to return to the States - Photo ID such as a US Drivers License and your Birth Certificate with a raised seal.

Pia

 
Posted : January 29, 2009 6:40 pm
(@cynthiad)
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Here we are currently, subject to change (possibly 01 JUNE 2009) due to the WHTI—Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:

"However, this passport requirement has not applied to U.S. citizens who depart from or enter the United States from within the Western
Hemisphere other than from Cuba. United States citizens have been required to satisfy the inspecting officers of their identities and
citizenship. Accordingly, U.S. citizens have not been required to present a valid passport when entering the United States by air from within the Western Hemisphere other than Cuba."

U.S. Citizens traveling to and returning directly from a U.S. territory are not considered to have left the U.S. territory and do not need to present a passport.

U.S. territories include American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Swains Island and U.S. Virgin Islands.

 
Posted : January 29, 2009 11:54 pm
(@billd)
Posts: 660
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This question comes up time and time again. Cynthia put it very clear. I hope the new VI web site says this. And why would you not go to to the US passport web to get the information directly from the government?

Oh well, the advise you get is what you payed for it.

billd

 
Posted : January 30, 2009 9:21 am

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