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PASSPORT AND VISA PROCESSING CENTER TO BE SET UP ABOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The International Space Station
The International Space Station

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Recent space discoveries including flowing water on Mars and orbiting massive structures around remote star galaxies all but confirm the existence of life beyond the Earth planet, and earthlings are being proactive about it.

The United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European states have unanimously agreed to set up a passport and visa processing center aboard the International Space Center (ISS).

The move will enable aliens in space to secure entry permits should they decide to visit Earth. The aliens will be given visas for a maximum  of 30 days but will have to prove that their visit is for the sole purpose of tourism.

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be assigned at the space station to process the passport and visa applications for the U.S. Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump says he fully supports the move.

Aliens or alien structures that attempt to land on Earth without the proper passport and visa documents will be treated as  hostile visitors and will be met with full military intervention.

The only remaining issue to be resolved among the Earth governments is to determine the currency to be charged to the alien applicants for their passports or visas.  Will it be the U.S. or Canadian dollar, Yen, Euro or the Ruble?

FLYING DOMESTIC? YOU WILL NEED A U.S. PASSPORT, THANKS TO GEORGE W. BUSH

EPassportsNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Flying from New York to San Francisco? Louisiana to Los Angeles? Minnesota to Florida? New Hampshire to Colorado? Well, you’d better have a valid U.S. passport.

Sure, these are domestic flights, but thanks to a law signed by President George W. Bush in 2005, following 9/11, issuance of state IDs and driver’s licenses has become more strict and cumbersome.

The REAL ID Act forces all U.S. states and territories to demand more proof of identity when issuing IDs, such as a verified original copy of a person’s birth certificate. Plus, it also increases the technology present in the government-issued cards.

Four states —  New York, Louisiana, Minnesota and New Hampshire — have refused to comply with the new law which means that if those four states don’t upgrade their ID systems, the Transportation Security Administration or TSA will demand that residents use passports rather than driver’s licenses to board domestic flights beginning in 2016.

The TSA will accept U.S. passport cards which cost $55, or passport books costing $135 as valid ID.

On the positive side, this will mean more revenue for the State Department which issues U.S. passports and passport cards.  Foreign embassies and consulates in the U.S. will also see increased revenue for non-U.S. citizens who will need to secure passports from their respective countries of origin.