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Originally Posted by AaronM
I think to expedite a passport in the U.S. through the post office, it costs $187.30 and takes 3 weeks or so. Otherwise it a couple of months.
In Europe...Everybody has a passport. It's my understanding..and I may be incorrect about this...That to travel between European countries that you need a passport. In the U.S....We do not need a passport to travel between states. I know a lot of people who have never even been out of their home states. Going to Mexico, the Caribbean, or Canada does not ever require a passport.
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Travelling between member states of the European Union there are no borders, hence you don't really need a passport if you travel by car. Flying, you obviously need it. Actually, I think you are still required by law to carry the passport on you even when you go to e.g. France. But should you ever encounter troubles with police or authorities in general, the passport is just *the* document to show. But I get it, the North American continent is plenty big for people to never leave it.
I had several occasions in the past where restaurants in OH denied my Czech passport because it wasn't an official OH drivers license. Some store owner even told me that it was state law that they could deny any form of other official ID when checking for your drinking age, pathetic. A document that allows me to cross country borders won't get me a beer?