Passport Card

[KeithnRita]

Has anybody applied for this new Passport Card? It seems kind of silly, however if you live on one of our borders I guess it would make sense. What's your opinion?

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/ppt_pptCard.pdf

[JoeyandDavid]

it is a good way for the government to generate needed funds... but I think we will pass personally I like presenting the blue book as ID..

[TheSkipper]

I agree with Joey. Don't see us going for the card and it has such limited scope. It's does not appear to be for us.

[Dan]

If you ever planned to travel outside of North America, you would still need a passport, so there would be no point in getting card. If all you plan to do was cruise the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada, or do land trips between these areas, I could see it being more convenient to just have the card.

[rogue]

It also may be convenient for those people living near the borders and do frequent crossings. The card is half the price for those people. I think that it was designed for them.

[Dan]

Just had another look at the WHTI page and realized the card isn't for air travel into the US either. Only land or sea crossings.