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."

HT - Vegetable Stand Owner To Get Passport

From my archive of press clippings:

Highlands Today

Vegetable Stand Owner To Get Passport

By Gary Pinnell Highlands Today

Published: May 20, 2008

AVON PARK — Congressman Putnam's office has called Lucio Anaya Sr. and to say his passport will arrive soon.

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"Anaya, an Avon Park vegetable stand operator who lives in Frostproof, has applied twice for a passport, but was sent a letter with requests for more documents.

Anaya was born in Hidalgo County, Texas, and has an original birth certificate.

When he was a few weeks old, his parents were told to leave the U.S., so his mother walked across the border without deportation records, he said."