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Government/Legislation - September 2008
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CDC travel Website is a robust traveler resource
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains a Website dedicated to keeping travelers healthy on the road and educating them about the potential health risks of the world’s travel destinations: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/. While hosted and maintained by a U.S. government entity, the global information available is equally applicable to all North American travelers.
In addition to a drop-down menu allowing travelers to select any country for which to receive health information, the Website also offers travel guides on safe drinking water, suggested and required vaccinations, receiving assistance for illness or injury abroad, and much more.
Travelers are urged to consult this and other destination-specific resources likely available from their organization’s corporate travel department, before traveling, especially outside of North America. Travelers should also bookmark or save destination information for quick reference on laptops and/or handheld mobile devices.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Passport application status can be checked online
Following application for a U.S. passport, travelers can check the status of their application online. According to the U.S. State Department, it is currently taking five to seven days for an online status check of passport applications. To do so, the following is required:- Last name, including suffixes without punctuation marks except the hyphen. For example: Jones III, Patton Jr, Jackson-Smith, O Brien, Mc Queen, Varela Garcia.
- Date of birth formatted as follows: MM/DD/YYYY.
- The last four digits of Social Security Number.
Go to travel.state.gov to securely input the above information. It is recommended that the browser be closed upon completion.
Source: travel.state.gov
