This week the Department of State published an interim final rule putting its previously proposed increases in passport and visa fees into effect as of July 13, 2010.
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Passport fees
Feds propose passport fee hikes, new tarmac delay rules could mean more cancellations, monitoring cockpit voice recorders
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Airlines, travel agencies, Congress join public outcry against passport fee increase
by Edward Hasbrouck on March 15, 2010
We don’t think it’s fair or legal for the government to charge you a fee to exercise your rights under the First Amendment and international human rights treaties to enter or leave the USA. Those rights are all but absolute, and rules that restrict or burden them, such as by imposing fees, are subject to strict scrutiny.
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