In the middle of a passport nightmare

[jenphan]

i know you have found some solutions. i am only posting this as an emergency backup. i forgot my passport at home when i boarded ruby princess mid-jan to western caribbean, i had a copy of my passport and id + copy of my birth certificate. when i went to check-in, the copy of my passport & id was sufficient to allow me onboard. the passenger next to me showed the staff an expired passport, but was still allowed on board because the caribbean was considered as a domestic itinerary, so you should not have any trouble in canada. however, at US customs, don't give them a copy of your passport because they said i could get into trouble for that (its illegal to copy them) but luckily they let me off with a warning. hopefully you wont need to resort to this.

[RickEk]

Wish me luck we sent off the information!!

 

*crosses fingers

 

Good luck, but do know that Princess will follow the US and Canadian government's ID requirements for that voyage... all you need is a State-issued picture ID and a certified birth certificate to travel on the Sea Princess roundtrip from San Francisco.... even after the June deadline.

[Hellolost]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! :D What a freaking relief!!!!

[cdngrl]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! :D What a freaking relief!!!!

 

yay, and thanks for the update. now remember to bring them!

[dresch25]

Congrats and now time to prepare

[readytogo2]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! :D What a freaking relief!!!!

Soo glad for you, the wait must have been killing you...and you guys sure worked hard gathering all that info..now you can spend your time getting excited about your cruise Have a great one!:)

[Hellolost]

Thanks. He said that getting his passport made the cruise real.

Now I have nothing to do but wait 4 months and 4 weeks until Alaska

*\o/*

[Sea Hag]

Good! :)

[Starr Mtn]

Hope I'm not duplicating what may have been suggesed above.

 

My Mother had a similar problem when she tried to get her Social Security

benefits. She didn't have the appropriate birth certificate.

 

One of her older sisters was able to sign a form and have it

Notarized. The form stated she was X number of years older

than my Mother - and she could confirm that Mom was born

on such a date, place.

 

I would think something like that would suffice.

 

Especially if there are other current documents available (eg: dr. license).

 

And you have time to process the Passport application.

 

Best wishes for success and a wonderful cruise.

[sail7seas]

Wonderful News. So happy you both have your passports and can now eagerly await your cruise.

 

Congratulations!~

[SomeBeach]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! :D What a freaking relief!!!!

 

WOW, that was fast!

Just remind him to reapply before it expires in 10 years! ;):D

[I'm on holiday]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! :D What a freaking relief!!!!

 

Whew! :D

 

Now you can really enjoy planning for your cruise!

[wrp96]

WHEW!!! :D Now we can all uncross our fingers for you!!! Go and have a fabulous cruise!!

[2sunny]

I am sure that it is a real PITA and also very frustrating but please keep plugging away to find enough items to satisfy the Passport Office and get your Passport and then be sure you never let it expire!

 

It will be worth it once it is behind you - EVERY ONE should have a current passport you never know what the future will hold!

 

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

[Starr Mtn]

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

 

His passport came!!!! What a freaking relief!!!! >>>>>>>>>

 

 

Sorry I hadn't read everything before I posted.....but so happy

that you reported back with the good news. Hopefully my

suggestion may help someone else on how to file a form regarding

the status of their birth.

 

Just a cautious suggestion: Make a couple of copies of the first

page of your passport (w/photo and information). Leave one copy

at home with someone you can contact, and bring another copy with

you. We always leave our passports in the safe in our cabin - but

bring a copy on shore. We are quite aware a copy isn't the legal

document - but it has a lot of information that may help you if you

don't get back to the ship on time. That information may be of

benefit if you need to fly to the next port, for instance.

[krogerlady]

Don't know what your ages are, so this might be a loooooong way off for you, but the suggestion to straighten out the birth certificate problem is something you might want to do while its fresh on your minds, because come time to retire, you have to prove how old your are, and the birth certificate is it. Good luck.