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| German temporary passports (or emergency passports) no longer valid for travel to the U.S. |
| 2006-04-18 |
| This is an odd duck if I've ever seen one. My guess is that there was a burglary at a German government office that was hushed up, or else a Muslim or organized crime figure infiltrated a consulate somewhere. Beginning May 1, 2006, German temporary passports (or emergency passports) will no longer be valid for travel to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Regular, official and diplomatic German passports (with a digital photo if issued after October 26, 2005) remain valid for Visa Waiver Program travel, per the current VWP passport requirements. Travelers in possession of German temporary or emergency passports who intend to travel to or through the U.S. must either obtain a valid, machine-readable German passport for VWP travel or apply for a visa to travel to the U.S. Germany remains a designated country in the Visa Waiver Program, and its citizens with regular passports may continue to use the program for business and tourism travel to the U.S. Regular full-validity German passports are unaffected by this decision. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #2 Let the Hamburg allah-boyz stay in ze fatherland. |
| Posted by: SamAdamsky 2006-04-18 21:06 |
| #1 Europeans on the cheap travel plan to Thailand, Bali, etc had a habit of selling their passports for quick cash. Maybe some are also selling their temp passports their embassies issued in lieu of their "stolen" passports. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-04-18 16:25 |