How to get a Washington enhanced driver license (EDL) or enhanced ID (EID) card. Plus, information for other states and EDL/EID office locations. Jan 12, 2017 Q13 FOX News Menu. News; This Morning. Vehicle Outlines. That a Washington state driver’s license will not be enough. Of Washington drivers have an enhanced license.
Has introduced a couple new government-approved documents to help us travel easier: • Passport card—Basically a limited-use passport. • Enhanced driver's license—Acts both as a driver license AND a travel document, but also with limits.
We'll walk you through the basic differences of each of these documents, and help you determine which one is right for you. Passport Cards The U.S. Passport Card (also known as a PASS Card) is a less expensive, wallet-sized version of a traditional passport—with a few travel-use conditions. PASS Cards come equipped with a microchip that assigns a distinct number to its owner. This number, through vicinity-read radio frequency technology, matches up with a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) database to promote more secure crossings with faster queuing. Thus, your passport card acts as approved identification at border communities—for example, when you travel by land or sea crossings between the U.S. And Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, or the Caribbean)—however, it is NOT approved for air travel and CANNOT be used as an international travel document recognized worldwide.
Differences: Passport Card vs. Passport Perhaps the biggest difference between a passport card and a traditional passport is that: • Traditional passports are valid for international travel by air, sea, and land; WHEREAS • Passport cards are valid only for re-entering the U.S. At land borders or sea ports-of-entry from: • Canada. • The Caribbean. Aside from traveling abilities/restrictions, other differences include: • Size: Traditional passports are larger than wallet-sized passport cards. • Cost: Both first-time applicants and renewing applicants pay more for passports than they do for passport cards. However, both traditional passports and U.S.