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mods - please make this a sticky thread...
for info on traveling to USVI from the US- copied from http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)...
The passport requirement does NOT apply to U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a U.S. territory. U.S. citizens returning directly from a U.S. territory are not considered to have left the United States and do not need to present a passport. U.S. territories include the following: Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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for info on entering BVI - copied from http://www.bvitourism.com/useful-information
Immigration:
The following measures are to be adhered to in respect of all non-British Virgin Islanders entering the Territory:
Bonafide visitors may be granted entry for up to one month at the ports of entry, provided that they possess return (or ongoing) tickets, evidence of adequate means of support and pre-arranged accommodations during their stay. Visitors wishing to stay longer will need to apply for an extension from the Immigration Department in Road Town, Tortola or at the Government Administration Building in Virgin Gorda. A valid passport is the principal requirement for entry into the BVI although US and Canadian citizens are currently allowed to enter using an authenticated birth or citizenship certificate (with raised seal) along with current picture identification. However, effective December 31, 2006 as a result of the US government’s Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative which requires all US citizens to reenter the United States with passports, passports will be required by all visitors entering the Territory.
Valid passport is the principal requirement for entry into The British Virgin Islands; however, Canadian and US citizens may also enter using an authenticated birth or citizenship certificate along with current picture identification. Visitors from some countries may also require a visa for entry. If in doubt about the necessity of a visa, contact the nearest BVI Tourist Board Office, the nearest British Embassy, or contact the Chief Immigration Officer at the Immigration Department of the BVI Government at: Tel (284) 494-3471 ext. 4700 or (284) 468-3701 ext. 2538.
That BVItourism site is already outdated. Look at the US web site you mentioned first. You will see that passports are NOT required to re-enter the US until 2008. if traveling by water. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE A STICKY WITH THE CORRECT INFO?? Our walls can't take it anymore! (You'll get this joke if you've seen previous discussions on this exact same topic).
I guess maybe the stick post might not be such a great idea (as good as it sounds!!) because the info gets outdated so fast. The sticky would change....maybe. Yes, Shadow's posted info is incorrect - that's how crazy the information is and how fast it changes.
I put my helmet on before I came in here to this thead, Toledo. Need one?
Helmets for everyone.
Now, about the need to re-drywall.....I know a guy..... 🙂
I'm sitting in a brick room, my 1927 home's side porch that has been converted to my computer room. Ouch!!
Aha, so the wall in exposed brick?
I, too have a 1920s brick and stone home (Philadelphia Federal home - everything is tall and narrow)....and some of my neighbors have expanded and enclosed the brick so that the exterior brick is now an interior wall.
OUCH is right.
Yes, the old exterior walls are now the interior walls. Mine's a tudor.
