Canada cautions holders of passports with gender-neutral X marker about coming to U.S.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/canada-cautions-usa-travel
#passports
Canada Warns Travelers With X Marker on Passports They May Face Obstacles in US
People with an X marker on their passports may “face entry restrictions” in the US, the Canadian government warned.
I'd like to be open-minded about #digitalid #BritCard since, for example, I admire the cleverness and functionality of the physical Estonian ID card (see Wiki).
For some quick pointers on accessibility, I also like this BSky post by SturdyAlex.
Any new form of ID should work for <<everyone>> British who doesn't already have a passport. And a physical card is safer against poverty or powercuts.
#homelessness #poverty #DomesticAbuse #passports
https://bsky.app/profile/sturdyalex.bsky.social/post/3lzqnjat2d22d
#Democrats Slam Proposal to Give Marco Rubio the Power to Revoke #Passports https://theintercept.com/2025/09/18/marco-rubio-revoke-passports/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore anti-trans passport policy
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-appeals-passports-supreme-court
Newly *Proposed* bill
see the text of the disturbing H.R.3500 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): More Funding for COPS Act from Congress.gov from the Library of Congress
#comfort
#aid
#protesters
#colonialism
#passports
#DeJure
#DeFacto
#Targets
#FreeSpeech
#migration
#immigration
#terrorism
#MaterialSupport
#federal
#Transphobia
#authoritarianism
#politics
#MAGA
#xenophobia
#framing
#AltRight
#WhiteNationalists
#strangers
#sexism
#fascism
#ReproductiveRights
#USPol
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3500/text
GOP Rep. Backtracks on Bill That Could Let Marco Rubio Revoke #Passports From #Israel Critics https://theintercept.com/2025/09/15/marco-rubio-revoke-passports-brian-mast/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
"Singaporeans travelling to or from Johor Bahru can soon enjoy passport-less immigration clearance using QR codes, as Malaysia begins a trial run for its National Integrated Immigration System (NIISe) on Sept 22.
The MyNIISe app will cover Malaysians and travellers from 63 countries and territories, including Singapore, at the two land checkpoints in downtown JB and the Second Link."
MAGAt nazi marquito rubio wants to take away passports of anyone disagreeing with tRumpo
New 'Thought Policing' Bill May Let #Rubio Strip #Passports from #USCitizens Over Political Speech | Common Dreams
Stephen Prager
Sep 13, 2025
"#FreeSpeech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State #MarcoRubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech.
"The bill, introduced by Rep. #BrianMast (R-Fla.), will come up for a hearing on Wednesday. According to The Intercept:
:Mast’s new bill claims to target a narrow set of people. One section grants the secretary of state the power to revoke or refuse to issue passports for people who have been convicted—or merely charged—of material support for terrorism...
"The other section sidesteps the legal process entirely. Rather, the secretary of state would be able to deny passports to people whom they determine 'has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.'
"Rubio has previously boasted of stripping the visas and green cards from several immigrants based purely on their peaceful expression of #ProPalestine views, describing them as '#Hamas supporters.'
"These include Columbia protest leader #MahmoudKhalil, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) after Rubio voided his green card; and #RumeysaOzturk, the Tufts student whose visa Rubio revoked after she co-wrote an op-ed calling for her school to divest from #Israel.
"Mast—a former soldier for the #IsraelDefenseForces who once stated that babies were 'not innocent Palestinian civilians' — has previously called for 'kicking terrorist sympathizers out of our country,' speaking about the Trump administration’s attempts to deport Khalil, who was never convicted or even charged with support for a terrorist group.
"Critics have argued that the bill has little reason to exist other than to allow the Secretary of State to unilaterally strip passports from people without them actually having been convicted of a crime."
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-thought-policing-bill
#ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #FreeMahmoud #FreeRumeysa #WaterProtectors #FreePalestine #LandDefenders #SilencingDissent #Fasicsm #Authoritarianism
Cartoon of Secretary of State Marco Rubio grabbing a passport. Image created with AI
I came across this alarming news courtesy of Spencer Hakimian on 𝕏, in which a Congressional bill would grant the State Department extraordinary powers to punish those deemed aiding foreign enemies of the state.
[Florida Republican Representative Brian] Mast’s new bill claims to target a narrow set of […]
#TravelandVacations #Passports Was Your Passport Lost or Stolen While Traveling? Here’s How to Replace It. http://is.gd/7EiFJk
This is one of the better videos I've seen that shows how and why modern identity theft works: the example? Passport forgery at scale.
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
The Trump administration has enacted a sweeping suspension of approvals of almost all types of visitor visas for…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Palestinians #passports #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesInternationalRelations #Us #USA #Visas
https://www.newsbeep.com/95089/
"Trans people should be allowed to select the gender on their identity documents."
It took several attempts to determine how large to make the letters, which needed to be small enough to fit on the sign, while being as large as possible.
12/x
#Trans #Transgender #US #USA #Politics #Kansas #Drivers #Licenses #Passports #StateDepartment #Nonbinary #Intersex #LGBT #Queer #Genderfluid #Agender
Thanks all for the boosts - the question has been resolved.
The answer is - from the Early days of the Irish Free State and at least to 1924.
An extremely niche question from my granddaughter :
When were photographs first used on Irish passports?
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