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Are you talking about St Johns, Antigua or St John, USVI?

Antigua? yes
USVI? no, just like taking the ferry from CT to Long Island
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XIlsand girl it seems is being rather facetious! St Thomas, St Croix, St John and Water Island are all part of the US Virgin Islands and you do not need a passport to visit here if you have a US passport, and you do not need a passport to travel between them all. However, upon leaving the USVI to return to the mainland you should be prepared to offer proof of citizenship and identity if you do not have a passport. In lieu of a passport you should be prepared to show a raised seal birth certificate and a government-issued photo ID (i.e. stateside driver's license.) You may not be asked but better safe than sorry. If you're not a US Citizen then of course you haver to have a passport. Cheers!

I don't think I was being facetious at all. This would not be the first tme that some on asked about inter-island travel to some of the other islands in the Caribbean. People have asked about ferrys to St. Maarten or even St Lucia.
I asked a clarifying question, that is all.

Perhaps I got a little happy with the emoticons, it was a holiday after all, but please don't assume that I was being a "smart alec" when that was certainly not my intention.

I was thinking St Johns was part of British VI. We are frequent travelors to Aruba, but first time to VI. We are being told that we have to have a passport to fly from Charlotte, NC to St Thomas. USAIR says we do not need passports. We have Passports but kids expired last week and we leave for St Thomas on the 24th of January. Hopefully we will have them and none of this will matter, but getting a little nervous. We want to travle to nerby islands and I was thinking St Johns and tortola were british vi. Is Trunk Bay in B-VI?

You will not need a passport to travel to St John, as it is in USVI. Trunk Bay is in St. John which is a United States Virgin Island. Travel into here is like traveling to another state. Like Alabama to Georgia, nothing needed. You will just need proper documentation to fly. Check with your airline to see what specifics you will need. Usually Driver's License and Birth Certificate is all that is needed. Now you would need passports to enter/leave tortola or any british vi's. Have a great trip!

"s" on St John.

Thanks for everyones help

And of course you would also need a passport to travel from St Thomas to St. Johns Newfoundland.:D

Jeff, you don't mention where you are from. If from the US, you will not be required to have a passport to travel to and from the states and the islands of the USVI (St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix for the most part) or Puerto Rico. I do find that a passport (even an expired passport) is the preferred form of ID for TSA agents even when it is not required.

If you make a trip to Tortola or any of the other British Virgin islands you would be advised to have a valid passport. I have read different requirements in different places about the need for a valid passport but the bottom line is the official word is that passport is required.

Especially since you are traveling with children you might want to double check that you have some sort of ID for all traveling with you and that the names on everyones ID matches exactly the name on the ticket. (no shortened names or nicknames)

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FWIW...I didn't see anything wrong with your reply...

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Here we are currently, subject to change (possibly 01 JUNE 2009) due to the WHTI—Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative:

"However, this passport requirement has not applied to U.S. citizens who depart from or enter the United States from within the Western
Hemisphere other than from Cuba. United States citizens have been required to satisfy the inspecting officers of their identities and
citizenship. Accordingly, U.S. citizens have not been required to present a valid passport when entering the United States by air from within the Western Hemisphere other than Cuba."

U.S. Citizens traveling to and returning directly from a U.S. territory are not considered to have left the U.S. territory and do not need to present a passport.

U.S. territories include American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Swains Island and U.S. Virgin Islands.

St. John's is in Antigua, which is a foreign island and you DO need a passport to go there.

St. John (with no 's') is the United States Virgin Island. You will NOT need a passport to go there. On departure, you may be asked to confirm your citizenship due to post-911 rules, so that's why the need to have on hand the certified copy of the birth certificate, alongside your government issued photo ID.