Passports

[Ol Shy & Bashful]

Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
one good for a few more years.
Anyone???
Cheers

[Peter R.]

Ol Shy & Bashful > wrote:

> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.

I travel pretty regularly to Canada (over the NY state border, either north
to Montreal or west to Niagara Falls and Toronto) and have yet to get a
passport. On my list of things to do, but so far the item remains
unchecked.

--
Peter

[FLAV8R]

"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message...
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers
>
I have an expired passport that is full of stamps from the days when
they would actually stamp your passport when traveling throughout
Europe.
I have been to Canada, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland,
Austria, Italy, France, Netherlands, New Foundland and the
Bahamas.

If I win the lottery, I plan on going all over the world in my
new (to me) Commander 115. Then when I've covered
everywhere with a runway, I'll buy Cessna Caravan Seaplane
and do all the rest.

David - Hopeful Florida Lottery winner

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Peter R. wrote:
> Ol Shy & Bashful > wrote:
>
>> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
>> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
>
> I travel pretty regularly to Canada (over the NY state border, either north
> to Montreal or west to Niagara Falls and Toronto) and have yet to get a
> passport. On my list of things to do, but so far the item remains
> unchecked.


Aside from I don't know how many passports I had growing up, I'm on my third one
as an adult and the one I have now is current. I have traveled to Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Holland, England, Ireland, the Bahamas, Cuba, Grand
Cayman, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Montserrat and Antigua. I have lived in Japan,
the Azores, and of course the United States.

I got the short end of the stick in my family... the others are better traveled
than I. And I'm the one with the pilot's license....



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Bob Noel]

In article . com>,
"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote:

> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.

one here.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

[Bob Gardner]

Europe, Canada, Mexico. Wouldn't be without it, since my military ID no
longer seems to be sufficient.

Bob Gardner


Bob Gardner

"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers
>

[[email protected]]

Newfoundland is a province in Canada. ;-)

-dr

[[email protected]]

I've got 2 current ones. One Canadian (I just became a citizen) and
one Dutch. The reason for getting Canadian citizenship is because I
can't easily fly inot the US with a Dutch passport... hence I had to
take a very *difficult* written test (note sarcasm) to become a
Canadian.

-dr

[FLAV8R]

> Newfoundland is a province in Canada. ;-)
>
> -dr
>
My mistake, I forgot I had already listed Canada.
What I should have put there was Iceland.
But I got mind twisted, which is kind of like
tongue twisted.

I guess next you'll be correcting the guy that
put Puerto Rico as a country.

Here's one for you.
How many countries in North America?

[Morgans]

"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.

Germany, Czech (?) Republic, less than a year after it went "free,"
Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda.

I always keep a current passport, as you never know when you might want to
go somewhere. <g>
--
Jim in NC

[tom418]

Current passport, which I keep with an FAA Form 8060 "ICAO card"
"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers
>

[James Robinson]

"FLAV8R" > wrote:

>> Newfoundland is a province in Canada. ;-)
>>
>> -dr
>>
> My mistake, I forgot I had already listed Canada.
> What I should have put there was Iceland.
> But I got mind twisted, which is kind of like
> tongue twisted.
>
> I guess next you'll be correcting the guy that
> put Puerto Rico as a country.
>
> Here's one for you.
> How many countries in North America?

23 countries, mostly in the Caribbean.

[Morgans]

"tom418" > wrote in message
news:PTPag.130435$k%3.31002@dukeread12...
> Current passport, which I keep with an FAA Form 8060 "ICAO card"

Looking for a JoB???
--
Jim in NC

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Peter R. wrote:
> Aside from I don't know how many passports I had growing up, I'm on my third
> one as an adult and the one I have now is current. I have traveled to
> Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, England, Ireland, the Bahamas, Cuba,
> Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Montserrat and Antigua. I have lived in
> Japan, the Azores, and of course the United States.
>


Oops... forgot Cannuckistan.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[Sylvain]

James Robinson wrote:
>> How many countries in North America?
> 23 countries, mostly in the Caribbean.

I was going to reply the obvious four for the
continental North America... I didn't know/realize
that the Caribbean were part of North America.

--Sylvain

[Gene Seibel]

Yes. Israel, Haiti, Mexico. My wife, also a pilot, Germany and Mexico.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/
Because we fly, we envy no one.

[John Gaquin]

"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote in message

> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.

two expired, each with added sections; no current.

all countries of Europe except Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Lichtenstein,
Monaco; Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkiye, Russia, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, one or two other small stans I can't remember, India, Bangladesh,
Bahrain, Kuwait, a few of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Lebanon; Egypt,
Ethiopia, Djibouti,, Morocco, Nigeria, So Africa, Rhodesia. China, Korea,
Japan, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, [but never officially Laos, Cambodia, or RVN
:-)], Hong Kong (under both Britain and China), Singapore, Phillipines,
Indonesia, Australia, Samoa, Fiji; Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St
Martin(i think), Curacao, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru,
Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile.

[Robert M. Gary]

Mexico and Canada do not require one. Mine sits at home. The most
valuable thing you own is your passport. Leave it at home unless
necessary.

[Grumman-581]

On Wed, 17 May 2006 20:39:37 -0400, "Morgans"
> wrote:
> I always keep a current passport, as you never know when you might want to
> go somewhere.

I always keep a loaded gun, a couple thousand rounds of ammo, some
cash, and my plane full of fuel... You never know when you might
*need* to go somewhere (i.e. somewhere other than where you currently
are)...

[Grumman-581]

On Wed, 17 May 2006 18:57:07 -0700, Sylvain > wrote:
> I was going to reply the obvious four for the
> continental North America... I didn't know/realize
> that the Caribbean were part of North America.

He probably didn't include the Republic of Texas either...

[GS]

Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers

Since mid-January 2006 - US (where I live), China, Belgium, Russia,
Chile, (passed through Brazil on the way home), England, Spain,
Germany...which explains how I've spent 200+ hours on planes so far and
only have logged 4 hours myself. :(

Prior to that and ones not listed above - Finland, Lichtenstein, France,
Belgium, netherlands, italy, austria, Czech, Mexico, Canada, Brazil,
Switzerland, I know I'm missing something.

Gerald

[[email protected]]

I didn't know there were so many countries down south... here's a list
of all the countries (thanks to About.com)

Antigua and Barbuda
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America

-dr

[Greg Farris]

In article >, says...
>
>
>
>"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
>> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
>
>Germany, Czech (?) Republic, less than a year after it went "free,"
>Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda.
>
>I always keep a current passport, as you never know when you might want to
>go somewhere. <g>
>--
>Jim in NC
>
>

US passport (my third), Canada, France (where I currently live), Jamaica,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Czekoslovakia
(before it went free), Italy, Spain, Greece, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal,
UK, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
Oman,the Vatacan!

Have also worked in almost all these countries - save China, Jamaica and the
Vatacan!

GF

[Greg Farris]

In article >, says...
>

>>
>
>US passport (my third), Canada, France (where I currently live), Jamaica,
>Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Czekoslovakia
>(before it went free), Italy, Spain, Greece, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal,
>UK, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
>Oman,the Vatacan!
>
>Have also worked in almost all these countries - save China, Jamaica and the
>Vatacan!
>

Forgot to mention Indonesia and Macao - didnt' list Hong Kong, because it
belongs to China, even if they make it feel like you're going to a different
country, and Puerto Rico, which I consider as belonging to the US. Probably
still forgetting some.

GF

[Jay Beckman]

On my third US passport.

Pretty much got the international travel bug out of my system back in
the mid '70s. I lived in Iran for two years and then spending seven
weeks touring Europe enroute home to the US.

I did go to Egypt several years ago to work on a TV show called
"Opening The Lost Tombs."

And, I spent my honeymoon in Aruba.

Jay B

[tom418]

What? Who me? I'm the quintessential couch potatoe
"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
>
> "tom418" > wrote in message
> news:PTPag.130435$k%3.31002@dukeread12...
> > Current passport, which I keep with an FAA Form 8060 "ICAO card"
>
> Looking for a JoB???
> --
> Jim in NC
>
>

[Morgans]

"tom418" > wrote

> What? Who me? I'm the quintessential couch potatoe

OK, I have to admit that I don't know what that form would be required, or
needed, for you.
I looked it up, and it shows as a request for release of records. Is that
is right, and if so, why do you travel with that form?
--
Jim in NC

[Morgans]

"Morgans" > wrote
>
> Germany, Czech (?) Republic, less than a year after it went "free,"
> Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda.

Oh, and I forgot Ecuador. I can't believe I forgot that.

Flying into Quito was a real eye-opener. While there, my family and I also
spent a week in the rain forest, far away from civilization. It will have
to go down as a high point in my life.
--
Jim in NC

[Sylvain]

wrote:

> I didn't know there were so many countries down south... here's a list
> of all the countries (thanks to About.com)

you forgot France (yep)

--Sylvain

[tom418]

I'm talking about Form 8060-42, U.S. Crewmember Certificate.
"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
>
> "tom418" > wrote
>
> > What? Who me? I'm the quintessential couch potatoe
>
> OK, I have to admit that I don't know what that form would be required, or
> needed, for you.
> I looked it up, and it shows as a request for release of records. Is that
> is right, and if so, why do you travel with that form?
> --
> Jim in NC
>
>

[James Robinson]

Sylvain > wrote:

> wrote:
>
>> I didn't know there were so many countries down south... here's a list
>> of all the countries (thanks to About.com)
>
> you forgot France (yep)

France isn't a country in North America. It has possessions, as do the UK,
Denmark and the Netherlands.

[Morgans]

"tom418" > wrote in message
news:9W6bg.130465$k%3.77812@dukeread12...
> I'm talking about Form 8060-42, U.S. Crewmember Certificate.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks!

So, does that give you extra shortcuts, or perks, while dealing with
customs?
--
Jim in NC

[Sylvain]

James Robinson wrote:
> France isn't a country in North America.

http://www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com/

--Sylvain

[tom418]

I've never even used it. It says "The holder may, at all times, re-enter
the U.S. upon presenting this certificate"
"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
>
> "tom418" > wrote in message
> news:9W6bg.130465$k%3.77812@dukeread12...
> > I'm talking about Form 8060-42, U.S. Crewmember Certificate.
>
> Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks!
>
> So, does that give you extra shortcuts, or perks, while dealing with
> customs?
> --
> Jim in NC
>
>

[flyernzl]

Yes - current.
Live in New Zealand.
Passport entries for:
Australia (of course)
Singapore
Malaysia
Brunei (the weirdest damn country I've been in)
Thailand
Cambodia (the nicest country I've been in)
Vietnam
Myanmar
Hong Kong (if you differentiate that from PRC)
Macau ( " " " )
PRC
Norfolk Island (yes, that is a different place from Australia)
Fiji
Independent Samoa
Tonga
Cook Islands
One-Foot Island
UK
Hawaii (which is I think part of that larger place a bit to the right on
the map)

Will be able to add New Caledonia in July.


Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers
>

[Capt.Doug]

>"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.

My employer requires all crewmembers, cabin and cockpit, to have a current
passport.

I've been flying the islands so long that I navigate just by the color of
the water. When I start flying over farm fields I get lost. If I don't have
customs paperwork to fill out, I get that nagging feeling that I'm missing
something.

D.

[Flyingmonk]

Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
> one good for a few more years.
> Anyone???
> Cheers

On my third one now. The first one got the most stamps, had a Europass
one summer.

Monk

[Chris]

"Flyingmonk" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
>> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
>> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
>> Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
>> As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
>> probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
>> one good for a few more years.
>> Anyone???
>> Cheers
>
> On my third one now. The first one got the most stamps, had a Europass
> one summer.
>
> Monk
>

My Peoples Republic of China visas always get a second look when I enter the
US, my last passport had five such visas as well as a US M1 visa.

[Joe Feise]

Robert M. Gary wrote on 05/17/06 19:56:

> Mexico and Canada do not require one.


That changes soon. Or rather, the US soon requires that US citizens returning
from Mexico or Canada need a passport to enter the US.

> Mine sits at home. The most
> valuable thing you own is your passport. Leave it at home unless
> necessary.


You don't own a passport. It is the property of the issuing country.

-Joe

[Morgans]

"Joe Feise" > wrote

> You don't own a passport. It is the property of the issuing country.

My sister had a rather unusual passport. She got hers lifted while visiting
Prague, so she had to go to the American Embassy, and get a new one issued,
there.
--
Jim in NC

[Chris]

"Morgans" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Joe Feise" > wrote
>
>> You don't own a passport. It is the property of the issuing country.
>
> My sister had a rather unusual passport. She got hers lifted while
> visiting Prague, so she had to go to the American Embassy, and get a new
> one issued,

so what so unusual about that. Tourists are losing passports all the time
abroad and the Consular Services have to issue replacement passports
frequently.

[Morgans]

"Chris" > wrote
>
> so what so unusual about that. Tourists are losing passports all the time
> abroad and the Consular Services have to issue replacement passports
> frequently.

It did not look like the passports that are issued in the US, and it said on
it where it was issued.
--
Jim in NC

[Ol Shy & Bashful]

Jim
I've had to get on the spot passports a couple of times out of country.
Once for political reasons and ended up with two valid passports. At
the time I had visas for South Africa and was going to work on a job in
Egypt. The gyppos would not issue me a visa with the So Africa stamps
in the passport. I had to keep that one for re-entry to S.A. as the
visas were a bitch to get on short notice and you had to jump through a
lot of hoops.
Having a couple passports raised eyebrows more than a few times and
caused me some police delays at least twice. Sure glad they went to a
10 year validation period. I'll probably expire before the next one
expires <ggg>
I checked and none of them were any different except place of issue and
as I recall neither of them took more than an hour at the embassy in
both London and Paris.
Cheers
Rocky

[Eduardo K.]

In article . com>,
Ol Shy & Bashful > wrote:
>Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
>visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
>Pilots being the more adventurous types, I'm curious.
>As noted before, I've traveled extensively outside the USA and have had
>probably 6 or more passports that ran out of time but I have a current
>one good for a few more years.
>Anyone???

I just came back from the US and had to list all countries visited in the
last 10 years for the visa application (special extra form for young males,)
so I dug the expired passports and the current one.

I've been to:

Cuba, Costa Rica, Republica Dominicana, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina,
Spain, Germany, and the US.

Country most visited: US, 10 times or so. 4 times to Argentina (next door),
twice to mexico and Brazil. The rest only once.

43.000 LanPass kilometers just this year...




--
Eduardo K. | To put a pipe in byte mode,
http://www.carfun.cl | type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE.
http://e.nn.cl | (from the Visual C++ help file.)

[Morgans]

"Ol Shy & Bashful" > wrote

> I've had to get on the spot passports a couple of times out of country.
>
This was less than a year after the iron curtain over Prague fell down. The
embassy was either really busy, or really F'ed up. It took her almost a
full day to get it replaced, but she had lost all of her ID, ect, also.
--
Jim in NC

[Don Tuite]

On 22 May 2006 21:30:40 -0700, "cjcampbell"
> wrote:

>
>Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
>> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
>> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
>
>Well, I am a missionary in the Philippines now and will not return
>until the end of November. Does that count? (I wonder how rusty I am
>getting?)

How are you making out? I have some friends who went to the South
Seas on a missionary catamaran outfitted as a dental clinic. At one
port, they treated a man who'd had an abcessed tooth for decades. They
had it out and packed with antibiotics and in two days, the man, who'd
been one mean ******* up until then, turned out to be a perfectly
reasonable human being after all.

It isn't easy to practice virtue when you're in continuous pain. Thre
were lessons there for everyone: guy with the toothache, his
neighbors, missionaries, and assorted skeptics.

Don

[cjcampbell]

Don Tuite wrote:
> On 22 May 2006 21:30:40 -0700, "cjcampbell"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
> >> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> >> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> >
> >Well, I am a missionary in the Philippines now and will not return
> >until the end of November. Does that count? (I wonder how rusty I am
> >getting?)
>
> How are you making out? I have some friends who went to the South
> Seas on a missionary catamaran outfitted as a dental clinic. At one
> port, they treated a man who'd had an abcessed tooth for decades. They
> had it out and packed with antibiotics and in two days, the man, who'd
> been one mean ******* up until then, turned out to be a perfectly
> reasonable human being after all.
>
> It isn't easy to practice virtue when you're in continuous pain. Thre
> were lessons there for everyone: guy with the toothache, his
> neighbors, missionaries, and assorted skeptics.

We are doing fine. Officially, we are the office couple and we are in
charge of the, um, office. Seriously. I handle finances, vehicles, and
housing for the missionaries and Jane takes care of record keeping and
other clerical duties. But they do let us out once in awhile. :-)

We rack up a lot of kilometers, training local church leaders all over
the northern end of Luzon, inspecting missionary apartments, taking
care of various other missionary needs, occasionally being the invited
dignitaries at some groundbreaking ceremony for a new chapel, etc.

Now, if only all of us could cure our ill temper merely by pulling a
tooth....

("Philippines" -- Southeast Asian island country whose name roughly
translates to "land covered with very small ants.")

[cjcampbell]

Don Tuite wrote:
> On 22 May 2006 21:30:40 -0700, "cjcampbell"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
> >> Curious to see how many of the people here have passports and who has
> >> visited outside of their home country as a civilian.
> >
> >Well, I am a missionary in the Philippines now and will not return
> >until the end of November. Does that count? (I wonder how rusty I am
> >getting?)
>
> How are you making out? I have some friends who went to the South
> Seas on a missionary catamaran outfitted as a dental clinic. At one
> port, they treated a man who'd had an abcessed tooth for decades. They
> had it out and packed with antibiotics and in two days, the man, who'd
> been one mean ******* up until then, turned out to be a perfectly
> reasonable human being after all.
>
> It isn't easy to practice virtue when you're in continuous pain. Thre
> were lessons there for everyone: guy with the toothache, his
> neighbors, missionaries, and assorted skeptics.

We are doing fine. Officially, we are the office couple and we are in
charge of the, um, office. Seriously. I handle finances, vehicles, and
housing for the missionaries and Jane takes care of record keeping and
other clerical duties. But they do let us out once in awhile. :-)

We rack up a lot of kilometers, training local church leaders all over
the northern end of Luzon, inspecting missionary apartments, taking
care of various other missionary needs, occasionally being the invited
dignitaries at some groundbreaking ceremony for a new chapel, etc.

Now, if only all of us could cure our ill temper merely by pulling a
tooth....

("Philippines" -- Southeast Asian island country whose name roughly
translates to "land covered with very small ants.")

[Robert M. Gary]

> That changes soon. Or rather, the US soon requires that US citizens returning
> from Mexico or Canada need a passport to enter the US.

Possibly, or possibly not. We'll see.

-Robert

[[email protected]]

My list includes:

Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Grand
Cayman, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, The Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, and France.

I recently obtained a visa for India as I may need to travel there on
business.

Dean