Travel Tips: Record numbers seek passports in U.S., Canada

From Mike M. Ahlers
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Record numbers of U.S. and Canadian citizens applied for passports in recent weeks in advance of a January 23 deadline requiring all air travelers to present passports when flying between the United States and Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

The U.S. State Department issued 320,000 passports the first week of January — an all-time high — and has been able to keep up with demand.

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