You don’t need a passport to leave.
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I believe that to board any flight to a destination outside of US territory, a passenger is required to present his or her passport when checking in for his or her flight. That has been my experience.
Don’t know if it’s changed, but I once took a flight to Guam from Hawaii on business and was not asked for my passport (Which I did not have with me) until I was boarding the return flight in Agana. SURPRISE!
I believe that to board any flight to a destination outside of US territory, a passenger is required to present his or her passport when checking in for his or her flight. That has been my experience.
That has been my experience also.
Maybe on airlines but you can drive out of the US at the southern and northern borders. You will need some ID when you get to the associated foreign checkpoint - but you still have left the US. Airlines do it mostly to avoid hassles at the arrival country.
I believe that to board any flight to a destination outside of US territory, a passenger is required to present his or her passport when checking in for his or her flight. That has been my experience.
Correct — my experience as well.
Now with some of the derps...using PRIVATE conveyances, maybe different.
What if someone takes a boat onto Chesapeake Bay, goes outside the 12 mile limit, reaches a yacht or freighter and poof.
You are correct... mostly.
There are ways I do not post publicly.
You don’t need a passport to leave.
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I believe that to board any flight to a destination outside of US territory, a passenger is required to present his or her passport when checking in for his or her flight. That has been my experience.