Show a passport - or get carded

To speed security checks at the border, the State Department is introducing a passport card this spring - good for travel by land or sea to Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico - that provides the same privileges as traditional passport books.

Applications for the cards, which are the size of a driver’s license, are available through passport acceptance facilities, which include post offices and some local-government offices (http://travel.state.gov).

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