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November 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am
Assuming St. Croix is part of the American Virgin Islands, a passport will not be required for US citizens to travel to or from there.
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am
no you don't
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am
Right now, you do not need a passport to go to any island in the Caribbean, including St. Croix. You will need your driver's license and your birth certificate. However with that said, starting January 1, 2008 you will.
The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires that by January 1, 2008, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States. In order to facilitate the implementation of this requirement, the Administration is proposing to complete it in phases following a proposed timeline, which will be published in the Federal Register in the near future.
This is a change from prior travel requirements and will affect all United States citizens entering the United States from countries within the Western Hemisphere who do not currently possess valid passports. This new requirement will also affect certain foreign nationals who currently are not required to present a passport to travel to the United States. Most Canadian citizens, citizens of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and to a lesser degree, Mexican citizens will be affected by the implementation of this requirement.
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am
Lizzzie was close but not quite:
The answer is NO you do not. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has not yet been implemented to warrant needing a passport for one, and secondly, US territories will not be affected once this initiative is implemented anyway. Once it is implemented however, if you were to travel to the British Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, etc.) you will need a passport to gain entry back into the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Will this requirement apply to travel between the United States and Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands?
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Will NOT AFFECT travel between the United States and its territories. U.S. citizens traveling between the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa will continue to be able to use established forms of identification to board flights and for entry.
If traveling outside the United States or a U.S. territory, a passport or other secure document will be required. For example, a person may travel to and from the United States to the U.S. Virgin islands without a passport or other secure document, but under proposed regulations, a passport or other secure document would be required to re-enter the U.S. Virgin Islands from the British Virgin Islands or another country as of December 31, 2006.