Department of State to introduce passport card.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 October 2006-US STATE DEPARTMENT: Department of State to introduce passport card(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17102006 To meet the documentary requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), the Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today announced and submitted for public comment a federal rule proposing the development of a card-format passport for international travel by U.S.

citizens through land and sea ports of entry between the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. The limited-use passport card will be adjudicated to the same standards as a traditional passport book. The rule published today proposes a wallet-sized card that would cost $10...