More on passports

Sunday's Forum discussed the issue of passports, specifically the fact that the U.S. requires you to have them to re-enter the country if you're flying from Canada, the Caribbean or Mexico.

We listed the costs of getting a passport, but we apparently failed to note one important change that adds $60 to the equation.

This from Lora L. Himes, a postal employee at the Donald Marrs Branch in Western Hills:

"I read an article about passports for the second time in about two weeks. The fees you mentioned are correct except that you did not mention that the Passport agency charges an extra $60 expedite each passport. The last time the fees were mentioned (minus the $60.00 expedited fee) in the Enquirer we had several customers complain that they were not aware of that extra fee.

Please, please mention that there is an extra fee charged by the passport agency the next time you write an article about passports that are expedited. That could alleviate a lot of unhappy people!!"

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