ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi, kahi ʻoihana i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole ʻia e nā kumukūʻai wahie i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, e kiʻi ʻia mai ʻAnakala Sam i ka Pōʻalua.

Mai ka lā 13 o Iulai, e piʻi aʻe nā uku no nā palapala passport, nā kāleka passport a me nā palapala visa.

He $135 ke kumukūʻai no ka passport makua hou, mai ka uku mua o $100. No nā keiki ma lalo o 16 makahiki, e kūʻai ʻia ka palapala passport i $105, mai ka $85.

Ke piʻi nei ka uku hou no nā passport i $35 a i $110. No ka poʻe huakaʻi hele pinepine, ʻo nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i ke kua o kāu puke passport e lilo i $82. Ua hoʻopuka ʻia nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe ma mua me ka uku ʻole.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lori Dover, ka mea nona nā alakaʻi huakaʻi, 105 Redmond Road, ua nui ka poʻe i hoʻololi i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi e hele i nā wahi i koi ʻole i nā passport. "He mea paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa ma Puerto Rico no ka mea ua paʻakikī loa lākou," wahi a Dover. ʻO Puerto Pico a me nā Mokupuni ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, St. Thomas, St. Croix a me St. John nā panalāʻau ʻAmelika a pau ma ka Caribbean.

ʻO nā kāleka passport, ka mea e hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika ke huakaʻi i Mexico, ka Caribbean, Kanada a me Bermuda, i kēia manawa e uku ʻia he $55 no nā pākeke, mai $40 aʻo ka poʻe ma lalo o ka makahiki 16 e uku ʻia he $40, mai ka $35. He $30 ke kumukūʻai o nā kāleka hōʻano hou no nā mākua.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dover, ʻoiai ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku, ua hoʻomaka mua ka poʻe e hoʻopā i nā ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika i ka Caribbean no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou makemake e uku no kahi passport ma kahi mua.

Ke aʻo nei ʻo Dover i ka poʻe huakaʻi no ka piʻi ʻana e hiki mai ana no kekahi mau pule. "ʻAʻohe mea i hana e like me ka mea e pono ai lākou e kiʻi i kahi palapala passport i hoʻouna ʻia me ka wikiwiki e lanakila i ka piʻi ʻana o ka uku," wahi a Dover. "He uku ʻē aʻe i hoʻohui ʻia i ka papa inoa."

ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia me nā uku hoʻohui e like me nā uku ukana i kēia manawa e uku ʻia e nā mokulele a me nā uku hoʻolimalima e kau ʻia e nā moku holo moana nui.