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Title: what does my wife need to bring for travel Post by: keithandkatya on April 18, 2004, 04:00:00 AM documents? I am hoping she only needs her green card and her international passport for a visit she will be making in a few weeks- Iwill be sending for my visa from chicago again in the next day or two.
Keith Title: take her domestic passport as well n/t Post by: cherokee on April 19, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to what does my wife need to bring for trav..., posted by keithandkatya on Apr 18, 2004
fs Title: Huh? Post by: Jeff S on April 19, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to take her domestic passport as well n/t, posted by cherokee on Apr 19, 2004
Domestic passport? International passport? No comprendo. A passport is a passport, issued by the nation of your citizenship, stating that you are a citizen of that nation. A green card is your permanent USA residence visa. You need your passport issued by the country of your citizenship, plus visa(s) for the countries you'll be visiting plus your green card (or other type of US Visa) to return to the USA if you're not a citizen. As the poster below stated, if the name on your passport and green card differ, then some formal document, like a marriage certificate, is needed to correlate the two. After your spouse receives her green card, she should go to the embassy or consulate of her home country here in the US and get a new passport issued with her married name, irrespective of whether the pasport is about to expire or not. Just my 2 cents worth. - Jeff Title: Re: Huh? Post by: Jack on April 19, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Huh?, posted by Jeff S on Apr 19, 2004
Jeff, during the Soviet times ladies from the FSU had two passports, one was an international passport and the second was a domestic passport. Many ladies today still have their domestic passport, which won't help them in any countries outside the FSU. Title: Re: Re: Huh? Post by: cherokee on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Huh?, posted by Jack on Apr 19, 2004
Jack, as far as i know the citizens of CIS still have 2 passports, that's the way they do it there for some reason. Title: Re: Re: Re: Huh? Post by: romachko on April 22, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Re: Huh?, posted by cherokee on Apr 20, 2004
Yes, one (domestic)for traveling within FSU and the other (international) outside FSU. Sometimes the name of the passport carrier is spelled differently in these two passports. The domestic passport allows the person to travel within FSU without a visa. In some cases they have a discount on admission fee for a museum. Title: My wife says US citizens have an internal passport Post by: John F on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Re: Huh?, posted by cherokee on Apr 20, 2004
According to my wife, US citizens carry an internal passport, too. She says it's called a "driver's license". Title: Re: My wife says US citizens have an internal passport Post by: romachko on April 22, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to My wife says US citizens have an interna..., posted by John F on Apr 20, 2004
DL is often an international passport in three countries of North America. Title: We did a thread on a national ID card... Post by: tfcrew on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to My wife says US citizens have an interna..., posted by John F on Apr 20, 2004
..a couple months ago. It still might happen. Title: Re: We did a thread on a national ID card... Post by: Lynn on April 22, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to We did a thread on a national ID card..., posted by tfcrew on Apr 20, 2004
You're right. Each "state" here "is" a seperate country------"united" by aggreement for certain things. The object of many organizations including the "Ford Foundation" were not to bring countries like Russia to our level, but to lower us to their level and it's coming. Title: That's right... Post by: T P Cornholio on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to My wife says US citizens have an interna..., posted by John F on Apr 20, 2004
A DL is your passport to freedom. Title: Re: what does my wife need to bring for travel Post by: KenC on April 18, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to what does my wife need to bring for trav..., posted by keithandkatya on Apr 18, 2004
Keith, I would suggest she take your marriage license as a way to tie her from her from her maiden name on her passport to her married name on her green card. KenC Title: Re: Re: what does my wife need to bring for travel Post by: keithandkatya on April 19, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: what does my wife need to bring for ..., posted by KenC on Apr 18, 2004
My wife says it sounds like a good idea... thanks, Keith Title: If the maiden name is still on the passport.. Post by: tfcrew on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Re: what does my wife need to bring ..., posted by keithandkatya on Apr 19, 2004
..the airline check-in won't let her board w/out the marriage licence...a must have! Title: Re: If the maiden name is still on the passport.. Post by: KenC on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to If the maiden name is still on the passp..., posted by tfcrew on Apr 20, 2004
Karl, I have found it better to purchase tickets for my wife in her married/maiden name so as to avoid ANY confusion. KenC Title: We do this too.. Post by: tfcrew on April 20, 2004, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: If the maiden name is still on the p..., posted by KenC on Apr 20, 2004
In Svetlana's case, it's her previous married name. She takes all her documents for the benefit of the anal retentive ;) |