{"id":1154,"date":"2008-08-21T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2008-08-21T18:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T22:46:00","slug":"us-passport-card-skip-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/21\/us-passport-card-skip-it\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Passport Card: Skip It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/passport\/ppt_card\/ppt_card_3926.html\">U.S. Passport Card<\/a> last year, and I assumed that it was an ID document that was specifically offered for the convenience of populations living along the Mexican and Canadian borders.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imagefloatleft\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/images\/newppt_card.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"116\" \/> That&#8217;s still the stated purpose on the State Department site, but there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index?qid=20080320161335AAGe5P2\">at least one account<\/a> of it being pushed as a low-cost alternative to a regular passport. \u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/matadorpulse.com\/us-passport-card-worth-the-hassle\/\">This article<\/a> over at Matador Pulse does a good job of running down the reasons that it&#8217;s a bad alternative to a regular passport (tho&#8217; the concern about the card&#8217;s RFID chip applies equally well to regular passports).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first heard of the U.S. Passport Card last year, and I assumed that it was an ID document that was specifically offered for the convenience of populations living along the Mexican and Canadian borders.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s still the stated purpose on the State Department site, but there&#8217;s at least one account of it being pushed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I first heard of the U.S. Passport Card last year, and I assumed that it was an ID document that was specifically offered for the convenience of populations living along the Mexican and Canadian borders.\u00c2 \u00c2 That&#039;s still the stated purpose on the State Department site, but there&#039;s at least one account of it being pushed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"travel\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/21\/us-passport-card-skip-it\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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