A poll about valid US passports and travel outside of the USA

[Angela Shelley]

Poll question: A poll about valid US passports and travel outside of the USA

Please participate in this poll by placing your VOTE.

You do not have to leave a message, but a kick would be appreciated.

Thanks :-)

Do you have a valid passport?
and
Have you ever been outside of the USA?


On edit: Please do not answer if you are afraid to let anyone know that you have a passport.

[Captain Angry]

1. France, Italy and Canada.

Wonderful places all.

[SoCalDem]

12. Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Tahiti

British Honduras (now Belize)..most of the Caribbean islands...including Haiti (which we LOVED)..

It's odd.. neither of us has been to Europe, but our son went to college in Florence, Italy..and has been all over Europe :)

[marmar]

2. Pretty extensive travel thru the big European cities....

... a few spots in the Caribbean, and living in a border state, Canada all the time.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Never had a passport, but I've been to Canada

did I miss the option of never had a passport but have been outside the US?

I know now that cruise lines are encouraging passengers to get passports even if their cruise never has ports of call in another nation.

[Angela Shelley]

5. Please check the poll ... New poll answer for you!

Thanks!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Thank you!

In 1958 and 1962 you only needed a birth certificate to get into Canada. My grandmother didn't have one, but got some sort of paper saying she was born before they were required, and that a certain number of witnesses attested to her US citizenship.

[SidDithers]

27. You still only need a birth certificate to get into Canada...

it's getting back into the US that you need the passport for.

Sid

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

28. Ah, so if I decide to seek political asylum......n/t

[Donnachaidh]

4. uh, where is the bit for US citizens who have been outside of the States with no passport?

AFAIK, you can get into Mexico and Canada without passports.

[Angela Shelley]

6. Please check the poll ... Now you can vote.

Thanks!

[Donnachaidh]

9. thankee very muchly! n/t

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Yes and Yes

[tularetom]

8. Mexico Canada Germany Italy

plus lived in Brazil for 1 year.

[bpeale]

10. i've been to Mexico, Germany & Canada without a passport

[Angela Shelley]

14. I assume with the military?

[bpeale]

38. for Germany, yes. the others no

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I just got a passport a couple of months ago.

I've been through the Yukon Territory on my way to Southeast Alaska, and I've been to a couple of border towns in Mexico, but it used to be a passport wasn't necessary for this. I got a passport now mostly so I can get through Canada on the way to the other part of my state. With the economy like it is, travel to other parts of the world is probably out of the question, at least for now.

[Angela Shelley]

16. You could probably find a DUer to offer B&B

:-)

[Daphne08]

15. I've lived in France and have traveled in Europe.

[Beaverhausen]

17. got a passport last fall and took an amazing vacation to Australia

[Greyskye]

18. I let it expire, but am getting a new one

I've traveled to England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Mexico and Canada.

Here I am defying death in the Swiss Alps. :evilgrin:

[Angela Shelley]

20. WOW, 10 points for Greyskye!

[pitohui]

19. certainly won't participate in this kind of poll

since the scandal revealed that moderators etc. can see exactly who is answering what to the polls i just don't see the point of answering a poll that has no purpose but to get private information on DUers

obvious it is no secret that i have a passport and travel anywhere i can swing a deal or a free ticket but am not seeing any benefit to getting this kind of database on DUers

let agent mike dig, not turn up with a subpoena and have a list in five minutes time of who can and cannot quickly enter/exit the usa

i already get searched often enough at the border, can't understand why anyone would want to add themselves to the list

[Angela Shelley]

21. Oops, I didn´t hear about the scandal!

Sorry to have asked this question, putting you in a difficult situation.

Agent Mike didn´t mention anything to me while having dinner at my place last week. :-)

[MonkeyFunk]

26. Psst!

The government already knows if you have a passport.

[AlCzervik]

35. hmm, i wonder if thats because oh i don't know...they issue it?

:D

[uppityperson]

36. I must say I went through the same thought process myself.

Am reluctant to give out too much info since it has been shown admin can and has looked at who votes how on some polls. However, since the gvt issued me my passport, and I have talked about traveling out of USA, I decided this poll wasn't an issue.

[AlCzervik]

22. have valid passport and we'll be leaving the country on Saturday---i cannot wait!

of course i'll be back but i'm really forward to getting out of here for 16 whole days!

[LibertyLover]

23. 51 countries and counting

although to be fair, a few of the countries no longer exist - East Germany for example. But when I visited, it was its own country.

[Angela Shelley]

25. it still counts! ... keep it up, Globetrotter!

[TransitJohn]

24. Yes and yes

Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Thailand, Saudi Arabia.

[stimbox]

29. My passport has expired.

I've been to Japan around 4 times.

I need to renew my passport.

[Angela Shelley]

30. ... do ... it ... now ...

:-)

The world is waiting to see you again!

[stimbox]

43. yeah, i should.

kind of hard to flee if you don't have one.

:think:

[Marr]

31. Why would anyone be afraid of someone knowing they have a passport?

The government certainly knows, since they gave it to me. Who else would care?

[GoneOffShore]

32. France, Italy, UK, Ireland, Canada, Bahamas, Mexico, Madeira -

Portugal, Luxembourg, Iceland, Germany, St. Martin and California, Texas and Florida - Oh that's right, they're part of the US-most of the time.

[supernova]

33. Renewing my passport

is on my to do list this year.

I don't have any definite plans yet, but I love to travel and it's been a long time. So, I want to get myself ready.

I've considered working overseas too, and you never know when that opportunity could arise.

edit: I've been to central Europe: Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic, Hungary.

[Tracer]

34. I have two. U.S. and Irish.

Lived in France. Traveled in Europe, South America, Caribbean.

Oddly enough, I've never been further west in the U.S. than S.Dakota.

[fascisthunter]

37. other

renewing on right now to leave the states.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

39. I got my first passport when I was 17

I kept it current even when I didn't travel for years at a time. Ya never know. :-)

[Yukari Yakumo]

40. No, and yes

Just Canada though...

Though you're going to need a Passport to travel to Montana, since we're rejecting the RealID mess.

[paparush]

41. Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Belize, Guatamala, Peru, Mexico

[Withywindle]

42. Have never not had one. I used to have two!

Bi-national family. (Mom still has dual citizenship with Brazil).

I don't care who knows that I have one: I DON'T have a driver's license, as it happens, so I use my passport for ID in bars. :blush: