Is International travel without passports possible ?

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Citizens of the European Economic Area (the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) enjoy the freedom to travel and work in any European Union country without a visa, although transitory dispositions may restrict the rights of citizens of new member states to work in other countries. The same rights are also accorded to citizens of Switzerland, although they remain separate from the EEA.

European citizens travelling within the European Union may use standard compliant national ID cards rather than passports. Not all EU countries produce standard compliant national ID cards, and in other countries few people obtained one, which means that many persons need a passport anyway. A special exception is Sweden which requires a passport for people travelling to or from EU countries outside the Schengen area.

The up-to-now 25 countries that have signed and applied the Schengen Agreement (a subset of the EEA) do not implement passport controls between each other, unless exceptional circumstances apply. Some remaining EU countries, plus Liechtenstein, have signed the Schengen Agreement, but are not allowed to be included yet. The main reason is that, according to EU law, the member states which joined the EU in 2004 would have to meet strict criteria with respect to their protection of EU external borders, before intra-EU border controls between the old member states and new member states would be lifted. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia are already admitted. Switzerland and Liechtenstein require some time to adapt their national airports and databases to the standards of the EU. Switzerland joined the Schengen Area on the 12 December 2008.

As a consequence of the above, a French citizen, for example, may travel to the United Kingdom, another EEA nation, and then freely work in that country. However, since the UK has not signed the Schengen treaty, the French citizen will have to carry at least a national ID card, which will be checked at the border. On the other hand, the French citizen will be able to travel to Switzerland without being stopped at the border, but he will not be able to work freely in that country without authorization, because Switzerland is not a member of the EEA. This is true notwithstanding the fact that, in most cases, authorization to work would nevertheless have to be granted by Swiss authorities according to a specific treaty on free movement which had been concluded between the EU and Switzerland.
Except at the border, ID cards are not required by UK law. There is, however, a de-facto requirement to prove one's identity to conduct business. A European has to show a European national ID card to open a UK bank account or to prove eligibility to work.

Entering the USA without a passport (Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative)
The United States Passport Card:
Canada and the United States: U.S. citizens flying to Canada need passports. When traveling by land or sea between Canada and the U.S., Canadian citizens and U.S. citizens must present a passport booklet, a passport card, or a WHTI-compliant document.

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) implements the requirement in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) that, upon entry into the U.S. from a foreign country, each traveler is to present a passport, or some other document of identity and nationality.

The WHTI does not apply to direct travel between the 50 states and the District of Columbia at the one end and United States territories at the other end. The territories include American Samoa and Swains Island, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. That travel is not foreign travel, and, so, is not subject to IRTPA. In practice, some form of identification is needed.

Each air traveler must present a passport or a passport substitute.

Each land or sea traveler who is a U.S. citizen must present a passport booklet, a passport card, or a WHTI-compliant document.

Other Countries:
* United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland: Citizens of the UK and Ireland do not require a passport to travel between those two countries (see Common Travel Area). Other EEA nationals must carry a national ID card or a passport. All other nationals require passports.
* The CA-4 countries: Citizens of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua do not require passports to travel between or among any of the four countries. A national ID card (cédula) is sufficient for entry. In addition, the CA-4 agreement implemented the Central American Single Visa (Visa Única Centroamericana).
* CARICOM countries issue a CARICOM passport to their citizens, and as of June 2009, eligible nationals in participating countries will be permitted to use the CARICOM travel card which provides for intra-community travel without a passport.
* Nordic countries—Denmark, including the Faroe Isla...Show more

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There are a few countries that allow their citizens to fly into their own country with just an expired passport or other proof of citizenship...so the airlines allow these people to board. I have run across this info from time to time...Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua are three that I remember , that allow this. Mexico also allows Canadian citizens to enter without a passport, and Americans...but the Americans must have a passport to return to the U.S. so they are not allowed to fly without a passport. Canadians can. You can use the site below to check out any country for passport requirements. Just fill in the blanks and click for the info....Show more

dun think that is possible. You will need ur passport to get out of your country , first and foremost, and you will even need a passport even if u want to see the penguins at antartica. Maybe you wont need one to the artic?...Show more

No, you would need a passport. Even for domestic travel (in the UK) you need some form of ID....Show more