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Traveling Across Borders
Passports and visas requirements
U.S. State Department information
Using your ATM card overseas
Passports and visas requirements
Traveling outside your own nation offers sights and sounds you won't find at home. Foreign travel also adds the complications of passports and, for some nations, visas. The U.S. Department of State web sites listed here will answer your questions and help speed you on your way whether you're a U.S. resident planning foreign travel or someone from another nation planning to visit the USA.
- Visa requirement for nations other than U.S.
- U. S. Visa requirements for business & pleasure trips
- Applying for Your U.S. Passport the Easy Way
- Passport Fees
- Passport Services and Information
- A Safe Trip Abroad
U.S. State Department information
The U.S. State Department issues Consular Information Sheets for every country of the world. They include such information as locations of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in each country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties. If an unstable condition exists in a country that is not severe enough to warrant a Travel Warning, a description of the conditions may be included under an optional section entitled "Areas of Instability." On limited occasions, the State Department also will restate in this section any U.S. Embassy advice given to official employees. Consular Information Sheets generally do not include advice, but present information in a factual manner so the traveler can make his or her own decisions concerning travel to a particular nation.
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Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets Index of information on individual nations.
Passports and visas requirements
U.S. State Department information
Using your ATM card overseas
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Using your ATM card overseas
Your bank ATM card is a good way to get foreign currency at favorable exchange rates.
By using an ATM card to obtain foreign currency you benefit from the wholesale rates available to banks. These are better than the rates offered by change bureaus, hotels and businesses that will accept foreign money.
More and more ATM machines that accept U.S. cards are being installed around the world. Links below take you to Web sites with listings of ATM locations by the two major ATM networks. In general, instructions on machines will be available in both the local language and in English.
Before going overseas, you should check with your bank to make sure that foreign ATM machines will take your card. Also, most ATMs outside the U.S. accept only four-digit numbers as PINs. If your PIN uses letters or has more than four digits, you should change it.
Most ATMs outside the U.S. do not allow transactions with multiple accounts. This means your transaction will be routed to your primary account.
The links below will help you use your ATM card outside the U.S.
Source: U.S. State Department
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Using your ATM card overseas
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