RE: Comment catcher: Preparing: A To-Do ListfabrisseNovember 18 2016, 20:34:10 UTC
On point 2, be aware that some places may require lead time for visas or even that you have held a passport for a given length of time (I've seen 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year when looking at visiting different places). And I finally renewed mine this past summer, but DAMN is it expensive these days in both money and time.
And, if you're reading this, you know someone who knows someone who has a boat moored a day's sail from Canada. Tourist entry by sea is reportedly super easy.
It is bizarre to me that anyone wouldn't already have one.
It costs a lot of money to get a passport "just in case"... and outside of immigrants, most Americans don't do a lot of international travel in any case.
The library staffers at the passport desk gave me really funny looks when they asked if when the travel was and I said, "just being thorough" as I got my kids their passports this fall.
For some folks the money is an issue, which is why it was mentioned. But yes, I think it's worth forgoing a lot to have a proper passport.
We got passports and cards for the whole family shortly after the primaries went south.
If you can fly out (if politics and money allow you to when it's time), chances are you can fly out from anywhere. But it's nice to also be somewhere you can drive out in a couple hours, sail out or bike out in a day, walk out in a week, etc.
Frankly, we're not planning to flee, just looking over our options for helping ourselves and others. This happens to be one of the nicer options as long as it remains available.
If money weren't an object and we didn't give a damn what happened in the US, we'd probably try to be in the antipodes on inauguration day.
Yep, everyone keeps saying Canada but even if you already have a potential spouse, Canada makes it really difficult to actually move there and become a citizen.
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And, if you're reading this, you know someone who knows someone who has a boat moored a day's sail from Canada. Tourist entry by sea is reportedly super easy.
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It costs a lot of money to get a passport "just in case"... and outside of immigrants, most Americans don't do a lot of international travel in any case.
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We got passports and cards for the whole family shortly after the primaries went south.
If you can fly out (if politics and money allow you to when it's time), chances are you can fly out from anywhere. But it's nice to also be somewhere you can drive out in a couple hours, sail out or bike out in a day, walk out in a week, etc.
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If money weren't an object and we didn't give a damn what happened in the US, we'd probably try to be in the antipodes on inauguration day.
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But yeah, no air travel. If you're living far from either border and have no car (or boat!) then you may need to go with the full-on passport book.
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(Whose woods these are I think I know; his house is in the village though. He will not seem me stopping here headed to Ontario.)
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And I certainly hope he doesn't see you if "he" is a border agent.
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