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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 417: Getting Travel Documents.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 417. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the beautiful City of Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Getting Travel Documents.” It’s a dialogue between Steve and Joyce about passports, visas, and other things that you need to know if you are going to travel to another country. Let’s get started.

Joyce: We need to apply for our passports now if we want to have them in time for our trip to McQuillanland.

Steven: I have a passport.

Joyce: Yes, but it expired last year. You need to renew it before you can get a visa. McQuillanland requires a visa and vaccinations