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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 84 points 1 week ago

It's a good idea to keep a valid passport around no matter if you live in North America or Europe. Doesn't hurt to be prepared.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Good luck getting one right now, they fired everyone who's not a cop

Edit: I've been corrected, passports are going it seems. I wonder how visas are...

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even when they run at full capacity it takes about 30 to 90 days for the paperwork to process.

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Go get one, it's only a question of time when you can't anymore.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then they'll stop letting anyone out even if they have one.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Better hurry and get it before they make it practically or literally impossible for everyone except the most privileged..

[–] sanimalp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I mean, they basically already have.. It cost $165/person for a passport that can go anywhere but Canada and Mexico. Over $600 for a family before you can even go anywhere. For probably 90% of families, that sort of disposable income is a dream when most people can't afford a $500 emergency expense.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's only a matter of time until they stop letting us out

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Best to work on your cardio now as well, if you've gotta trek to a destination it's best to have some endurance.

We've got big long borders and a lot of it is incredibly undeveloped.

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[–] match@pawb.social 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

cries in transgender

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

By the time you realize you need to have a passport, you should have already gotten one. I got my first passport in 2000. It took like a week. I lost it and had to get a new one in 2007. I got grilled by Homeland Security in a windowless office about whether or not I was familiar with the terrorist cells in the country I was vacationing in because it was a country with a significant Muslim population. I can’t imagine what it’s like now.

Sign up for some exchange program in a neutral country, buy a round-trip ticket, and just never come back.

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[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Incredible to think that something like 65% of Americans have NEVER left the country, not even to Canada or Mexico. More impressive, even, is that like 40% have left their home STATE.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

The state statistic is more daming and informative I think. For someone without big travel money/time, America does have enough natural beauty (or whats left of it in this world) for most of a lifetime of travel and experince. Someone can be decently traveled, and have some corresponding broad ass horizons without having left the US.

[–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

How many live paycheck to paycheck

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[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I just picked up my first passport in my entire life. I’m trying to get away from this hell hole.

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[–] Level9831@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I renewed my US passport about 6 months ago. I was eligible to renew online. Cost around $130 if I remember correctly. The online process was actually really easy and it came in the mail only a few weeks later (2-3 weeks). Highly recommend renewing online if you meet the eligibility requirements.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

it is still very easy to get a passport. I helped a friend get theirs last month, and more over the years.

don't listen to any of the ignorant comments saying it's difficult to get one; they don't know what they're talking about.

you can do it online or in person at a US Post office.

fill out the application form, takes maybe 20 minutes tops, pay the fee (165$), they take your picture, you will get your passport in the mail in a couple of weeks, it lasts for 10 years, renewable on the go from embassies and consulates.

If you have any questions about passports or traveling, fire away.

[–] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (33 children)

A passport costs 165 dollaroos? Damn. And I thought the 70 Euro we have to pay was excessive.

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[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Or maybe a psspsspssport?

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