I doubt that anyone in this news group can speak with definitive knowledge
as to what kind of checks are done when you apply for a passport. If there
are problems with authenticating the validity of the passport application,
then that's a separate issue which is not at the heart of the discussion
here. Don't confuse/mix the subjects.

And it still comes down to: What's the problem with requiring a passport
for international travel? I'm a cruiser who has had to get additional
pages added into my passport to handle all of the stamps from various
countries that we've visited while sailing. This is just a standard
document that's needed everywhere in the world for international travel.
To imply that the US government is doing something wrong by requiring a
passport for people entering the US from foreign countries is folley.

-- Geoff

(Scott McQ) wrote in
:

So what would the passport do to increase security?
I just got a US passort using my birth certificate and
driver's license.


In article
, "Geoffrey
W. Schultz" wrote:
What concerns are being voiced? You're crossing international
boarders and the US wants you to have a passport to reenter instead of
some easily forged documents. Sounds like a prudent measure to me.
You can just imagine the heat that Immigrations would be under if a
terrorist crossed the boarder using a birth certificate and a license.

-- Geoff