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When the new land and sea phase of
the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) by the Homeland
Security and State Department goes into effect on January 31,
2008, U.S. citizens are reminded that they are
exempt from needing a passport for travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix, St. John and
St. Thomas.
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passed by U.S. Congress
requires that travelers, including
U.S. citizens who
travel via air, land or sea to and from the
Americas, the Caribbean and Bermuda must travel
with a passport in order to enter or re-enter the
United States.
But since
the U.S. Virgin Islands is a United States Territory, American
citizens traveling to or from St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas are
considered not to have left the U.S., and thus do not need to
present a passport.
United States citizens can visit
the State Departments travel website,
www.travel.state.gov.
When traveling to the U.S. Virgin Islands,
U.S. citizens enjoy all the
conveniences of domestic travel -- including on-line check-in --
making travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands easier than ever!
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