Getting Our Passports

FedEx requires us to have "unrestricted access in to and out of Canada" in order to sign on with them. One of the easiest ways to insure this is with an United States Passport.

To get your passport, you must fill out a background questionnaire, have you picture taken and pay a fee to the "US Department of State" (Why not just the US State Department?). The State Department Website has a list of locations where you can apply. We chose to have ours done at the local post office.

Keep in mind you will need to prove you are who you say you are. You will need at least a couple of forms of ID (current driver's license) and a CERTIFIED copy of your birth certificate. It must have the raised seal. You will actually be sending in copies of your license and your actual birth certificate. (It will be returned to you, along with you new passport.)

The entire process took maybe an hour. They even took our pictures. Painless. Now just have to wait 4-6 weeks, and we should be good to go.