[Alsfastball] New Passport Requirements Won’t Affect Travel to Kitchener in 2006

[Al Doran]

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:15:02 -0400
To: "Al's Fastball" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
From: "Susie and Gordie Wise" <sgwise at woh.rr.com>(by way of Al Doran 
<aldoran at pmihrm.com>)
Subject: New Passport Requirements Won't Affect
  Travel to Kitchener in 2006



New Passport Requirements Won't Affect Travel to Kitchener in 2006

Whew!  That was a scare - - - but it had a happy ending.

A topic which emerged late last week during the ISC World Tournament time 
in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, had some people fretting and concerned.

The topic?  A coming requirement that U.S. citizens would have to have a 
U.S. passport to be allowed to re-enter the United States. And the concern 
was that this new requirement would be in place in time to make it more 
difficult, and costly, for Americans to make the trek to Kitchener and 
Waterloo, Ontario, in August of 2006 for the ISC World Tournament and the 
ISC-II Tournament of Champions.

The good news - - - and the straight skinny - - - is that this new 
"requirement" of a passport WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR 
2006 if flying and not until the end of 2007 if driving!!!!!

This means that the thousands of Americans - - - players and fans alike - - 
- who will be in Kitchener next August, WILL indeed be able to re-enter the 
good old U.S.A. without a requirement of showing a U.S. passport.

The coming need for a passport, to be required as part of the Homeland 
Security efforts, is on the horizon.  The message here is that Americans 
should seriously consider applying for a U.S. passport to be used for 
identification - - - but this choice will not be forced on Americans until 
more than a year after the ISC World Tournament is held in Canada again in 
2006.

August 24, 2005

Gordon Wise
ISC Information Officer
<http://www.iscfastpitch.com/>www.iscfastpitch.com
<mailto:sgwise at woh.rr.com>sgwise at woh.rr.com

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