By steve vetter (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 11:50 pm: |
Going to Bonaire in March. Not sure if we need to have a passport or certified copy of our birth certificates. What do some of you recommend? Thanks for your help.
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1292) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 12:47 am: |
You need to have a stamped birth certificate, not a copy, and a federal or state issued picture ID. Or, simply a passport, which is easier, and fairly quickly obtained. I've seen people travel with the BC, but not smoothly.
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By Lorraine Bayford (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #128) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 1:03 am: |
With all the trouble in the world and different rules in different countries, I would recommend the passport. They eliminate any hassles you may encounter - providing you have nothing to hide, of course! I have heard of too many problems with the birth certificate route so I will never take the chance.
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By gregg brewer (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #429) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:53 am: |
The immigration people will barely glance at a passport...but can stare at a birth certificate for 5 minutes...highly recommend spending the money and getting a passport.
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #933) on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 11:32 am: |
I also recommend the passport. You go through customs more quickly. They tend to linger and ask more questions when traveling with a birth Certificate.
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By pat murphy (BonaireTalker - Post #91) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 6:38 pm: |
our only complaint is that bonaire no longer uses the triangular stamp for the passports....just a generic square like other places.
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10249) on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 9:50 pm: |
Pat, I agree...I liked the triangle with the flamingo
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By Daniel Senie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #281) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 11:33 am: |
I also noticed they didn't record any information from our passports on departure. I guess it's possible they're collecting that from the airlines, but last time we were on the island, they seemed to be doing full exit checks.
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1297) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 12:15 pm: |
I think we ought to start a movement to bring back the flamingo.
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10253) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 1:23 pm: |
Daniel, odd...they didn't record our exit in 2001, but last July they recorded both entry and exit dates...hmmm...lack of consistency...never!
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By Lorraine Jameson (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #10) on Thursday, January 22, 2004 - 9:28 am: |
The passport is the only way to go. In 2000, American Airlines nearly refused to let me on the plane for our departure in Dallas. I was traveling on a birth certificate and driver's license. They claimed that many of the Caribbean countries frequently change their entry requirements with no notification and then fine the airlines if someone arrives with the wrong form of identification. It's a way of making money. They made me wait until they could reach immigration in Curacao, and we almost missed the plane. I'm not sure if this was all B.S. or not, but that's the story they told me. On the return, U.S. Customs and Immigration was extremely rude and basically said, "Get a passport. I don't have to let you into the country." The U.S. Department website still says the birth certificate is OK, but I won't leave the country without one.
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #103) on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:59 pm: |
i agree...passports make things so much easier...it's worth the money.
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1301) on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 11:50 pm: |
Yay, I got my new passport back today, corrected, in less than two weeks. They shoot for two weeks apparently, website information notwithstanding.
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #10296) on Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 6:49 pm: |
Yay Seb, you're legal now!
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By Jason Jennings (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 4:01 pm: |
We just arrived back home from Bonaire last night. My wife and I travelled with birth certificates and had no trouble entering or leaving. We travelled through San Juan and had no trouble with U.S Customs, We got thru as easily as the rest of our group that had passports.
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By Larry Leonard (BonaireTalker - Post #31) on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 1:53 pm: |
I have had a passport all my life (Dad was in US AF) and have never understood why anyone travelling internationally would not prefer to have one. Other than sheer laziness why not get a passport if you are making the effort to travel overseas? Not trying to slam anyone that prefers a flimsy, easily damaged piece of paper that just looks fake the second you get it (although mine is more interesting as an American born overseas). FWIW, all my kids have passports, even my 21 mo. Just faster and easier in every case around the world that I have visited.
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By barbara sands (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #7) on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 2:29 pm: |
Seb and everyone, I've read your messages and I'm convinced I need a passport along with my NYS driver's license, but I'm traveling mid-march. Any suggestions for how to get it in a speedy way? Who to contact? I live in upstate NY.
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By joe brannan (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #274) on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 6:23 pm: |
Seb
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1336) on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 9:08 pm: |
Barbara, they have a two week turnaround on renewals, but on new applications I don't know. The passport dept. seems to be incredibly efficient right now. Get all your stuff, real birth certificate, and send it in. Their website is excellent, I just type "us passport" in google and I get there quick.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1650) on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 11:30 am: |
Barbara,
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1651) on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 12:45 pm: |
Seb & Joe,
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1652) on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 1:20 pm: |
How things change when we aren't watching, or paying attention. I just looked in my 1994-issue passport and found a 1996 'Flamingo Airport Bonaire Immigratie' rectangular stamp-- and a 1994 and later'Flamingo's. ??!!??
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1343) on Saturday, February 7, 2004 - 1:34 pm: |
Glen, do you mean digitize it for an embroidery machine, or to view electronically?
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1653) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 5:42 am: |
Image only; I don't have the embroidery machine software.
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1355) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 2:36 pm: |
That would be the digitizing process from what they tell me, Glen. I went through the same hoop, so to speak.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1656) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 5:29 pm: |
Bottom line: can I be of help in producing an image file?? :–)
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1359) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 6:22 pm: |
No, Glen, there is a gentlemen who has already done that, they provide the data in whichever machine format is desired, so the thread can be hooked up and away you go. joe if I'm wrong here give a holler.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1657) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 7:14 pm: |
Ah, well. Maybe next time.
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By joe brannan (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #283) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 9:28 pm: |
Your right sebmeister. The wife is gone for the weekend, but it's a pfaff 7350 and can read out of XP into whatever the Pfaff format is? I think her software will read PCD, PCS, PCQ, DST, KSM and EXP files. Not that I know what any of them mean. What kind of size logo are you looking for and on what?
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By seb schulherr (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1362) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 10:52 pm: |
Joe, I was looking for a hat sized and shirt sized logos of the Flamingo airport stamp, I figured some nice cotton golf shirts would be excellent, getting an idea of an order size and producing some. Does she have the unit for a business or just plain fun?
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By joe brannan (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #285) on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 11:09 pm: |
just for fun. She runs a home health agency full time so it'd be hit or miss on a larger order. If u can get the file into one of those formats, maybe I'll learn how to use the maching...YEAH RIGHT. If your looking for commercial production you might wanna look online, I get conference shirts and all kinda stuff that has logos on it pretty much made to order. Would be glad to give it a shot with personal stuff though. Probably best thing would be to send me the file and I can try it on a scrap and see if it works before you invest in shirts, etc.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1658) on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 1:41 pm: |
And there could be the tee shirts that have the Flamingo stamp (large size) and the words 'I want my Flamingo' on the back. Another product (line) to go with BT tee shirts, etc.???
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