The United States Department of State and Homeland Security has new regulations for all US Citizens traveling outside the country. Beginning December 2005, anyone traveling to Bermuda, the Carribean, Central and South America must have a passport to re-enter the US. This new requirement will add Canada and Mexico by December 2006. Here is the official schedule from the US passport office…..

“The travel initiative requirements will be rolled out in phases, providing as much advance notice as possible to the affected public to enable them to meet the terms of the new guidelines. The proposed implementation timeline is as follows:
December 31, 2005 – Passport or other accepted document required for all travel (air/sea) to or from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Central and South America.
December 31, 2006 – Passport or other accepted document required for all air and sea travel to or from Mexico and Canada.
December 31, 2007 – Passport or other accepted document required for all air, sea and land border crossings.”