Can you imagine shelling out 3,000 non-refundable dollars for a trip to Ireland only to be told you wouldn’t be allowed to go because the passport you applied for three months ago has yet to arrive in the mail? Sickening isn’t it? You bet it is. Just ask my 17-year-old cousin who is supposed to be days away from leaving on a high school band trip to Europe. In my previous blog I covered the new changes in the passport laws. As of yesterday, the federal government temporarily waived its new anti-terrorism rules and lifted the requirement that U.S. passports … Continue reading →