TM - District Clerk's office to take passport applications in advance of June deadline

The Monitor

District Clerk's office to take passport applications in advance of June deadline


January 11, 2009 - 3:37 PM


Jared Janes


The Monitor


EDINBURG -- With a June 1 deadline approaching that will require all U.S. citizens to carry passports when entering the nation's ports-of-entry, border towns are bracing for an influx of applications.

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"And the Hidalgo County District Clerk's office will now be another place handling those last-minute lines.

The office plans to start accepting passport applications in February after a two-year process to certify as an acceptance agency."

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""Congress initially set the passport deadline for land borders in 2008 but delayed the rule for more than a year at the request of some travel and tourism groups. Passports have been required for air travel from Canada and Mexico since January 2007.

Border residents who frequently commute back-and-forth across international boundaries can also apply for a PASS Card, a wallet-sized passport substitute that is only good at land crossing."

NYT - Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)

From my archive of press clippings:

New York Times

Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)

By TAMAR LEWIN Published: November 30, 2008

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Isobel Oliphant felt she was making an offbeat choice when she graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, N.Y., and enrolled at the ancient university in this quiet coastal town of stone ruins and verdant golf courses.

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"Edinburgh University looks for good grade-point averages and SAT scores from Americans."

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"St. Andrews has 1,230 Americans among its 7,200 students this year, compared with fewer than 200 a decade ago."