Passport Expiry

[dwjoe]

Your passport must be valid 6 months from the date of the end of your vacation.

 

They will require it to be valid for the proper periods because you are non-US resident sailing out of a US port..travelling across international waters to Ocho Rios / Grand Cayman ....then back to a US home port.

I don't believe this is correct.

 

From the US embassy in Ottawa http://canada.usembassy.gov/service/frequently-asked-questions.html

 

Expiring Canadian Passport

For Canadian citizens: My passport expires in less than 6 months. Can I still travel to the U.S.?

Your passport only needs to be valid for the duration of your planned trip to the U.S.

[sweetcurves]

Maybe I should just go to the passport office and ask. LOL

[dwjoe]

I wouldn't ask the Canadian passport office about what you need to enter the US, they're not the authority. I 'd recommend asking US Customs & Border Protection (CBP). You can reach them at 703-526-4200.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/customer_service.xml

[sweetcurves]

I wouldn't ask the Canadian passport office about what you need to enter the US, they're not the authority. I 'd recommend asking US Customs & Border Protection (CBP). You can reach them at 703-526-4200.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/customer_service.xml

 

I understand that they aren't the authority, however they issue passports so I am quite confident they would have that type of information.

 

Regardless, I'm going to get it renewed before my trip.

[big_duck]

I understand that they aren't the authority, however they issue passports so I am quite confident they would have that type of information.

 

Regardless, I'm going to get it renewed before my trip.

 

DWJoe is correct, it has nothing to do with passport issuance it has to do with the country you are visiting.

 

Besides your answer is in post #26

[sweetcurves]

I wish we had one of those smileys where it looks like I'm beating my head against the wall.

[readytotravel44]

You have to send in your old passport to get a new one. If you do it now and don't get it back in time you're screwed. Wait till you get back.

 

Just took us 15 days from application to our mailbox in July. NOT expedited.

[sweetcurves]

Just took us 15 days from application to our mailbox in July. NOT expedited.

 

Yeah my original one wasn't expedited and it took less than 2 weeks. Mid September I will renew just to be safe. :cool:

[Redsfan]

just do it...looks like you are in the Mississauga area and there is a Passport office in one of the Malls there, had ours done a couple of years ago.

 

To gain entry into the U.S. is fine, but you are also needing to gain entry into foreign soils. Our first cruise was a 5 day which included 2 stops in the Bahamas. I wrote the Canadian Embassy there and got a response back saying I should renew if shorter than 6 months left. You will have to do them anyhow at some point

[sweetcurves]

just do it...looks like you are in the Mississauga area and there is a Passport office in one of the Malls there, had ours done a couple of years ago.

 

To gain entry into the U.S. is fine, but you are also needing to gain entry into foreign soils. Our first cruise was a 5 day which included 2 stops in the Bahamas. I wrote the Canadian Embassy there and got a response back saying I should renew if shorter than 6 months left. You will have to do them anyhow at some point

 

I'm in Hamilton actually...and I used to work 4 floors above the passport office! LOL

 

Also, Cincinnati Reds?

[sfo2008]

And let's not forget...when you renew a passport any period of time left before its expiration date (up to 9 months) is added onto your new passport.

 

I have never had this happen in the US when I've renewed always with around 6 months remaining.

[sparks1093]

But the only reason I need a passport is to go to another country. Never needed one to stay home. It would make sense if the passport needed to be valid for the expected length of the visit. If an emergency mandated you remain in the foreign country unexpectedly then you should be able to go to the U S embassy for assistance.

 

Every country sets their own laws and I doubt that they much care how much sense those laws make to you;). Fact is for US citizens that there are very few countries where this is a requirement, particularly on a cruise. (And I have never heard of unused time being added to the new passport, either, but if they do that it would certainly help.)

[Chigirlcruzin]

I have never had this happen in the US when I've renewed always with around 6 months remaining.

 

Same here. Expiration date is exactly 10 years out, not 10 years 4 months. Of course, I last renewed in 2008, so things may have changed since then. I don't think so, though.

[vacation_junkie]

What's the sense of listing an expiration date on the passport if it really expires six months earlier than that date?

 

You can cross the border and fly within Canada & the US until the day it expires with no problem. it is just some travel destinations.

[jsjjkelly]

Ours expired this August, and no one even questioned us when we cruised in March. You should have no problem...

 

Shawn

[vacation_junkie]

Ours expired this August, and no one even questioned us when we cruised in March. You should have no problem...

 

Shawn

 

she is Canadian..our passport requirements are different.

[jsjjkelly]

she is Canadian..our passport requirements are different.

 

OH-- sorry. I missed that.

Shawn

[sweetcurves]

LOL at my whole thread now.

 

I'm going to get it renewed just to err on the side of caution. I don't have the funds to take care of things if I get into trouble while on the cruise. So might as well do it beforehand.