Hawaii Travel Package
Form I-485, Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
, Application for Travel Document, if you need to travel outside the United States while your application is processed ... To work or travel while the I-485 case is pending, please refer to: ... There are several programs which have unique filing procedures for those who wish to use them to adjust to legal permanent resident status. This section is still in development. In the meantime, you may refer to the links below for more information on filing an I-485 package if you are in one of these categories. ... [Read More]
1999 Annual Visitor Research Report
Although it remains a heavy repeat market with 75.3 percent of visitors having visited more than once, the U.S. West also saw a sizable increase in first-time visitors (7.2%). As in previous years, approximately half of these visitors go to Oahu, and the other half exclusively stay on the neighbor islands. Fewer U.S. West travelers came on group tours in 1999, but travel packages and independent travel grew. Only 53.9 percent of U.S. West visitors stayed in hotels in 1999, while 29.4 percent stayed in condominiums. Convention travel from the U.S. West market increased by 17.0 percent over 1998, making it one of the fastest growing segments of travel to Hawaii from the market. U.S. West visitor arrivals tend to peak in the summer and moderate during the winter months. ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
and find a link to the HTS under the Importing Section. Please be aware that Customs makes the final determination about an item’s classification, not you. If it is critical for you to know the exact rate of duty on an item you want to send to the U.S., please call your local port and ask to speak to an import specialist. Otherwise, keep in mind that textiles tend to have the highest rates of duty, and that approximately 65% of the items in the HTS have a zero rate of duty.Goods not requiring duty When Customs determines that a package can pass duty free, the Mail Branch returns it to the Postal Service to be delivered by the addressee’s local post office. In these cases, no additional postage, handling costs or other fees are required of the addressee.Goods requiring duty Packages that do not pass free of duty will have a yellow form, the Customs Mail Entry (form CF 3419A), attached to the outer wrapper. A Customs officer will have already filled out this form with the item’s tariff c ... [Read More]
[Part I
"Travel agency" means any person who for compensation or other consideration, acts or attempts to act as an intermediary between a person seeking to purchase travel services and any person seeking to sell travel services. ... "Travel services" includes transportation by air, sea, or rail; related ground transportation; hotel accommodations; or package tours, whether offered on a wholesale or retail basis. This chapter shall not apply to any hotel as defined under section 486K-1, or air carrier as defined by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C.S. Appx §1301), as amended, for travel services for which they do not accept: ... [Read More]
The Effect on Hawaii's Economy of the September 11 Terror Attacks
The air travel slump has created massive losses for the global airline industry. Since the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, the airline industry nationally has announced more than 120,000 layoffs. American carriers are expected to lose several billion dollars this year alone, with larger losses likely in 2002. President Bush has signed a $15 billion airline industry aid package that includes $5 billion in immediate grants to compensate airlines for losses suffered from the government-ordered grounding of flights. It also provides for $10 billion in loan guarantees to airlines, and some measures designed to prevent small markets from losing air service. Locally, Hawaiian Airlines will receive $24.3 million and Aloha Airlines $6.9 million from this fund. ... [Read More]
2002 Annual Visitor Research Report
Visitors who travel and participate in activities in a group with tour guide(s) much of the time during their visit. For Japanese visitor, company-paid incentive travels are included in this category. ... Visitors who were not part of a tour group and did not purchase their air-tickets and accommodations as a package. ... Visitors whose reason for traveling are either for vacation or for honeymoon (includes wedding) or both. If a visitor selects two or more sub-categories within the pleasure category, they are counted only once. Therefore, the sum of the sub-categories may be larger than the pleasure category. ... [Read More]
2001 Annual Visitors Research Report
Visitors who travel and participate in activities in a group with tour guide(s) much of the time during their visit. For Japanese visitor, company-paid incentive travels are included in this category. ... Visitors who purchased a packaged trip which included at least air-tickets and accommodations.True IndependentVisitors who were not part of a tour group and did not purchase their air-tickets and accommodations as a package. ... Visitors whose reason for traveling are either for vacation or for honeymoon (includes wedding) or both. If a visitor selects two or more sub-categories within the pleasure category, they are counted only once. Therefore, the sum of the sub-categories may be larger than the pleasure category. ... [Read More]
Foreign Entry Requirements
COLOMBIA - *Passport and proof of onward/return ticket required for tourist stay of up to 180 days. Upon arrival the Colombian Immigration authority stamps a stay authorization, normally no longer than 90 days (extendible up to 180 days.) Minors (under 18), who are traveling alone, with one parent or with a third party must present a copy of their birth certificate and written authorization from the absent parent(s) or legal guardian, specifically granting permission to travel alone, with one parent or with a third party. This document must be notarized before a Colombian consular officer in the United States. Visa must be obtained before arrival for persons planning to do business, temporary work (consultant), and study. Student and tourist visa fee $40, visitor visa fee $100, and work visa fee $205. Processing time ranges from 48 hours to 2 weeks. For additional information and information about other types of travel, contact the Colombian Embassy, 2118 Leroy Place, NW, Washington, ... [Read More]
Travel-related Fraud - 8/23/00
Leisure Time Marketing, Inc./Discovery Rental, Inc. ; Marlin Swanson; Britt Shenkman; Edward Sebastian; and Fereidoun "Fred" Khalilian (collectively "DRI"). According to the Commission's complaint, DRI violated the FTC Act by misrepresenting that they would provide free round-trip airline tickets to Hawaii or Mexico to consumers purchasing their vacation package, by misrepresenting the total cost of the vacation travel package offered, and by failing to disclose material restrictions on the use of the package, such as requiring attendance at timeshare sales presentations. DRI primarily generated leads by sending unsolicited faxes to consumers and receiving return calls. The use of such unsolicited faxes has been increasing as a means of conducting travel fraud. DRI also faces allegations of violating the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) for failing to disclose material costs and restrictions on their travel packages and the supposedly "free" airline ti ... [Read More]
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