colette5479 Posted June 21, 2004 #1 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Do you need a passport to go to the Bahamas? Kristy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaumD Posted June 21, 2004 #2 Share Posted June 21, 2004 No, you can go with a drivers license AND a certified state issued birth certificate (not a hospital BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsulin Posted June 21, 2004 #3 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Your birth certificate must be a state certified one, with either a raised seal or the colored state stamp. As BaumD said, NO hospital birth certificates or baptismal records are accepted. You also need a current state Driver's License, and not the temporary paper one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 24, 2004 #4 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Why not just get a passport? That way, when you decide to travel again, you will be ready. Hopefully all countries will require all tourists to have passports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pammie Posted June 24, 2004 #5 Share Posted June 24, 2004 When I first suggest to my husband to apply for passports he didn't think they would be needed. We have applied and do have our passports. It is better to have them and not need them then need them and not have them. Also sense 9/11 I am glad we do have them. Pammie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moeve Posted June 25, 2004 #6 Share Posted June 25, 2004 You do know that the Bahamas are not the US and you ARE leaving the country?!?! Get a passport it is much safer. By the way if for some reason you need to leave the ship early (medical emergancy on ship or emergency at home it doesn´t matter) to fly home from some carrib islands you NEED to have a passport! You didn´t say when your cruise was but who knows what the future brings so you might need one anyway by the time you cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Charlie Posted June 25, 2004 #7 Share Posted June 25, 2004 I have always felt that passports are the way to go. You are in a foreign country. [B]IF[/B] something happens ashore, you [B]MAY[/B] need a passport. If you are not in possesion of the passport, the American Consulate will be able to assist you when they are open. Would you want to spend a day (or two) dealing with a government office, pay your own expenses (hotel, meals, flight to go home, etc)? I'll carry the passport and hopefully never have to use it for the above scenario :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted June 25, 2004 #8 Share Posted June 25, 2004 The Drivers license must have a picture on it if you are going to use it for ID. Not all states do pictures for everyone. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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