U.S. House votes to delay passport requirement
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to delay for 17 months new rules requiring passports for U.S. land and sea travelers entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The U.S. State Department has been flooded with passport applications since new rules requiring passports for air travellers went into effect in January. The resulting backlog has caused delays of up to ... +>>
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United States citizens

As of January 23, 2007, passports will be required for all U.S. citizens traveling to or from the United States via air, to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean (with the exception of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and Bermuda.

As of January 1, 2008, passports will be required for all U.S. citizens traveling to or from the United States via land and sea, as well as air, regardless of destination. United States citizens can visit the State Department's web site http://travel.state.gov, or call the U.S. National Passport Information Center: (877) 4USA-PPT. Please allow 6 weeks for processing of the passport application.

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Québec City is in direct and constant touch with the world's large urban centers. Located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, the city boasts a modern transport infrastructure that forms a seamless intermodal network. The city's key transport assets include a year-round deep-water port, an international airport less than 20 kilometers from downtown, an efficient highway system, and a rail network linked to the rest of Canada and to the United States.

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Québec boasts vast road and airline networks that provide service to the entire territory. Travellers can easily go from one major city to another, for example, from Montréal to Québec City, by car, bus, train or plane. A number of ferries, moreover, link the two shores of the St. Lawrence River, and boat service is available to communities in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Basse-Côte-Nord (lower north shore) region. Aboriginal communities in Nunavik can be easily reached by plane.

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