Buffalo area gets new passport office

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Western New York is among the busiest travel corridors between the United States and Canada.

Congressmen Brian Higgins and Chris Lee announced a new passport office for the Buffalo-Niagara Region. The local office will make it easier and faster for people seeking passports, which are now needed to cross the border.

The office will be opening up in the historic and renovated Warner Building on Genesee Street.