In recent years there has been a flurry of bi-lateral trade deals between countries and the emergence of regional trading blocs. For example, the European Union now has over 30 separate international trade agreements including those with countries such as Colombia and South Korea.
Since 2008 all US citizens MUST have a US passport to be allowed to enter the United States. If your aunt travelled to Jamaica with just her US naturalisation certificate, she would not be able to board her plane back to the US. She would have to come to the Embassy to apply for a passport in order to return home. Issuing a new passport takes at least a week, so this could extend her holiday much longer than she had planned. The good news is that she can apply for a US passport before she leaves the United States.
The U.S. government now realizes that emergencies and unexpected opportunities for travel abroad arise that require U.S. citizens to possess valid passports. The best policy is to have a valid passport on hand even if you have no immediate travel plans. You can just write NA in the blanks for Question #19.Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do.lease explain. Answer: You are not required to provide travel plans in order to apply for a passport unless you plan to expedite the process. Applicants who request expedited services are required to prove the need for emergency expediting. Interestingly, this used to not be the case.