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Tips for Traveling Abroad
If you are traveling abroad here are the top 10 tips you need to make your trip easier:
1. Make sure you have a signed, valid passport and visas, if required. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport!
2. Read the Consular Information Sheets (and Public Announcements or Travel Warnings, if applicable) for the countries you plan to visit.
3. Familiarize yourself with local laws and customs of the countries to which you are traveling. Remember, the U.S. Constitution does not follow you! While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws.
4. Make 2 copies of your passport identification page. This will facilitate replacement if your passport is lost or stolen. Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other with you in a separate place from your passport.
5. Leave a copy of your itinerary with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
6. Do not leave your luggage unattended in public areas. Do not accept packages from strangers.
7. Prior to your departure, you should register with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate through the State Department's travel registration website. Registration will make your presence and whereabouts known in case it is necessary to contact you in an emergency.
- In accordance with the Privacy Act, information on your welfare and whereabouts may not be released without your express authorization. Remember to leave a detailed itinerary and the numbers or copies of your passport or other citizenship documents with a friend or relative in the United States.
8. To avoid being a target of crime, try not to wear conspicuous clothing and expensive jewelry and do not carry excessive amounts of money or unnecessary credit cards.
9. In order to avoid violating local laws, deal only with authorized agents when you exchange money or purchase art or antiques.
10. If you get into trouble, contact the nearest U.S. embassy.
Source: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/tips_1232.html
ndia Travel Alert 201 - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:29:30 -0700
This Travel Alert expires November 15, 2010.
anel: India must secure elephant reserve - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:40:33 -0700
India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended. India - Elephant - Wildlife - Poaching - Asia
ndia replies to Pakistan's queries on Headley visit - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:27:12 -0700
India handed over yet another dossier to Pakistan on the results of investigations into David Headley's India visits. The dossier was handed over to Pakistani high commissioner Shahid Malik on Wednesday evening.
S warns citizens of India travel for CW - Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:53:34 -0700
However, 'the US government has no information on any specific threat of attack that any individual or group is planning to coincide with the Games,' the State Department said in its latest India-travel alert
ndia must secure elephant reserve - Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:46:11 -0700
India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas.
S Cautions Its Citizens On India Travel During Commonwealth Game - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:40:07 -0700
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- The US has asked its citizens to be alert and cautious for their security during the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, but said it had no specific information on any terrorist threat, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
anel: India must create more elephant reserve - Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:52:58 -0700
India should protect its elephant population by creating new reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended Tuesday.
ndia must secure elephant reserve - Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:31:09 -0700
India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, a panel has said.
.S. cautions citizens on India trave - Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:24:11 -0700
The U.S. asks citizens to be alert and cautious of their security during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, in October. India - New Delhi - Commonwealth Games - Asia - Government
ndia must secure elephant reserve - Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:54:09 -0700
India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves to curb poaching, a panel has recommended.