Word: passport
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Convinced that he had another safe haven, Wilson left Tripoli a week ago last Monday for Switzerland, carrying a fake Irish passport in the name of Philip McCormick. What Wilson did not know was that U.S. officials had helped arrange his phony papers and that as soon as he stepped off the plane at Zurich he was being shadowed by a pair of federal marshals. He then flew directly to Madrid, where he boarded Iberia International Airlines flight 945 for Santo Domingo...
American businessmen traveling to Lagos should prepare by getting more than just a passport and a yellow-fever shot. These days, they should also bring along an unlimited expense account or a stash of cash. Reason: the capital of Nigeria is now the world's most expensive city, according to Business International, a New York consulting firm. Indeed, with such eye-opening price tags as $156.25 for a hotel room, $625 a week for car rental, $48.88 for a meal for one and $350 for a night on the town with three clients, a businessman's expense statement...
Brutus's troubles with INS began in the spring 1980. As a citizen of what was then Rhodesia, he held a British passport. When Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in April of that year, the British government revoked his passport and advised him to apply for a Zimbabwean one. The length of time involved in corresponding with Salisbury caused Brutus to apply late for an extension of his visa to stay in the United States. Although he notified INS that he was applying late and was assured that he would be excused, immigration officials later cited Brutus's tardiness as one reason...
State Department officials counter that trying to verify the authenticity of the 3 million passport applications made every year would be prohibitively expensive. The officials concede they put more emphasis on the security agents' other duties, but they defend that practice. "Do you provide protection to the ambassador in Beirut, who has been attacked twice, or do you do more passport investigations?" asks Marvin Garrett, acting deputy assistant secretary for security. "We have to have priorities here...
Many critics of the U.S. passport system say the document itself is too easy to obtain. A criminal typically combs newspaper obituary columns for a suitable death and writes to the deceased's home town for a copy of the birth certificate, the most useful document required to get a passport. Some thieves steal valid passports from unwary travelers. Others bribe U.S. consular employees to issue visas, which citizens of all foreign countries except Canada need to enter...