Passport Book or Passport Card or Both

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sudha1999

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Hi,

I like to know what are the advantages of passport card besides using the card for traveling by land (Mexico and Canada) and by sea.

Do both passport book and passport card have the same number or different.

Can passport card be used as form of US citizenship identification in foreign countries instead of carrying passport book.

I appreciate any suggestions.
 
Passport card is a valid form of ID, so you can use it to buy alcohol and cigarettes ;) You can use it as a proof of your US citizenship in US consulates, but foreign authorities may not accept it as such unlike your US passport book. Also, if you lose the passport book, you can use the passport card to receive a replacement from Dept of State, and vice verse.

Keep in mind, that some real Americans may be confused by foreign words on the passport card such as "surname" and "given names" and they may have hard time understanding a foreign date format :eek: I've had this interesting experience with a clerk at a local petrol station when trying to purchase some beer. I actually told her that this is as much American document as it can get, but if it was not for an American flag on the background, I am not sure if I would walk out of there with my beer :D
 
Triple Citizen said:
So naturalised Americans are not real Americans???
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Nope! Not only that but those natural born Americans who don't love America the way Sarah Palin does are not real Americans either :D

To determine whether you are a real or fake American, watch Jon Stewart: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Jon_Stewart_presents_real_America_quiz_1021.html (scroll down to watch video)

By the way, are you confused by those foreign words and foreign date format I mentioned above? I can hardly believe so ;)
 
I think it is a matter of being uneducated or unaware rather than whether or not one is a real or 'fake' American. The date formatting on all legal documents are pretty much standard. As is the use of "surname" and "given names" - it is the same on a US birth certificate as it is on the passport (booklet and card).

So perhaps that clerk at the gas station was just plain ole dumb?! And there really is no excuse of that.
 
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