State Department revokes new travel rules
The US withdrew its December deadline for new travel rules for Americans visiting the Caribbean.
The new rules would require Americans to show passports when returning from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. Only birth certificates or driver’s licenses are now required.
Critics complained the rules would hurt tourism, said the Jamaica Observer.
“The review of the timeline is indicative of our desire to be flexible, practical and pragmatic and to listen to public feedback,” said a US State Department spokesman.
Caribbean officials complained Mexico and Canada would have gained an edge because Americans returning from there would not have to show passports until the end of 2006. That deadline has also been withdrawn for the time being.
Report by David Wilkening
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