New requirements for travel between U.S.A. and the Caribbean

The U.S. State Department and the Department Homeland Security recently announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require all U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, to carry a passport or other accepted secure documents to enter or re-enter the U.S.A. from vacations or business travel anywhere in the Caribbean effective January 1, 2008. This requirement is applied to all air and sea travel.

U.S. passport processing could take some time and it is strongly advised to start the process 8 weeks prior to scheduled vacation time.

For more information on the new U.S. passport initiative, please click here