any difference between 5 year and 10 year passport?
Jul 20, 2013, 9:40 am
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i just checked my soon to be ex-passport - 24 pages, 19 'useful' pages {canada page, photo/details page, signature/endorsements/limitations page, loss or theft page, observations page - what is the extra non-page in the new 10-year passports?}.
It may not be double (which is what i would choose) but it is still 50% more.
Dr. Pituk
It may not be double (which is what i would choose) but it is still 50% more.
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Jul 20, 2013, 6:58 pm
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Well, I´d have to disagree with you to some extent: While the "standard" old passport indeed only had 24 pages, one could get a 48 page passport for ~$5 more - which was a no-brainer IMO for any semi-regular flier.
So from my point of view the new passport has 2% fewer pages and is supposed to last twice as long. While I never needed to worry about running out of pages with the old passport, it will be a major concern with the new one.
So from my point of view the new passport has 2% fewer pages and is supposed to last twice as long. While I never needed to worry about running out of pages with the old passport, it will be a major concern with the new one.
Dec 31, 2013, 6:32 pm
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Just renewed my 48-pager, which was full except for one page after 30 months. Having filled my last two passports at the same rate, I was disappointed that the new 36-pager effectively has only 67% of the capacity. Also not so keen on the screened prints on each page (why do they have to be so dark?)
Don't understand why they can't make a 48 or 60 pager available at extra cost, for those of us who need them....
Don't understand why they can't make a 48 or 60 pager available at extra cost, for those of us who need them....
Dec 31, 2013, 6:39 pm
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Just renewed my 48-pager, which was full except for one page after 30 months. Having filled my last two passports at the same rate, I was disappointed that the new 36-pager effectively has only 67% of the capacity. Also not so keen on the screened prints on each page (why do they have to be so dark?)
Don't understand why they can't make a 48 or 60 pager available at extra cost, for those of us who need them....
Don't understand why they can't make a 48 or 60 pager available at extra cost, for those of us who need them....
Jan 18, 2014, 3:02 pm
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Just received my next passport - very nice layout IMO, but the limited number of pages is a major nuisance. It´s actually worse than expected - there are only 29 usable pages.
How on earth should 29 pages last 10 years?!? Even semi-frequent travellers will have problems.
How on earth should 29 pages last 10 years?!? Even semi-frequent travellers will have problems.
Jan 18, 2014, 3:06 pm
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Just received my next passport - very nice layout IMO, but the limited number of pages is a major nuisance. It´s actually worse than expected - there are only 29 usable pages.
How on earth should 29 pages last 10 years?!? Even semi-frequent travellers will have problems.
How on earth should 29 pages last 10 years?!? Even semi-frequent travellers will have problems.
(granted it's not the world's most usable passport...)
Jan 18, 2014, 3:36 pm
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I guess I´ll eventually have to look into getting a second passport, though from what I´ve heard Passport Canada is rather stingy issuing a second passport.
Jan 19, 2014, 3:46 pm
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Keep in mind that the frequency of US stamps in Canadian passports is probably going down. This does not help with full page visas, of course.
Would it be legal to put a full page visa over a page with stamps? Or over another expired visa?
Would it be legal to put a full page visa over a page with stamps? Or over another expired visa?
Jan 19, 2014, 3:54 pm
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Jan 19, 2014, 10:13 pm
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Over another expired visa would probably not fit and removal of the old visa is passport mutilation.
Jan 30, 2014, 8:04 pm
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Jan 31, 2014, 3:18 am
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I'm not a member of Nexus or Global Entry. Still, my passport has not been stamped when I recently crossed into the US at YYZ.
US land crossing haven't stamped my passport in a long time.
I expect the stamping of Canadian passports at US borders to become less common overall.
US land crossing haven't stamped my passport in a long time.
I expect the stamping of Canadian passports at US borders to become less common overall.
Jan 31, 2014, 11:33 am
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I'm not a member of Nexus or Global Entry. Still, my passport has not been stamped when I recently crossed into the US at YYZ.
US land crossing haven't stamped my passport in a long time.
I expect the stamping of Canadian passports at US borders to become less common overall.
US land crossing haven't stamped my passport in a long time.
I expect the stamping of Canadian passports at US borders to become less common overall.
Hmm interesting, I have gone through regular check points when friends/colleagues dont have GE/Nexus, and they are always stamped. Didn't know that they stopped stamping at all!
Apr 11, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Conspiracy of paper shufflers
I am mighty annoyed that the new passports have so few pages. I filled up my last one in three years. So, why is the Canadian government making them so few pages? Clearly, this is in order to control international movements of individuals. But what is the best solution? I say, 'vote with your feet'. Problem is there are no libertarian (small L) jurisdictions on the planet, and those that are somewhat tend to be be conservative, which you might not be. I am not, except fiscally.
We have to deal with bureaucracies of the State everywhere. There is no market place of travel documents. You can't escape Big Brother. Passports are just one aspect.
I am never at ease with just one passport. I encourage all free men to have at least two - both legally obtained. Problem is they are all expensive. I am talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. Just like offshore banking in tax havens, the rich have had these for decades. I am a poor but 'rootless cosmopolitan' with allegiance to no nation. But this coercive concept of nationality follows me as a yoke. It is very frustrating, as if your landlord follows you around the world.
Of course there are legitimate security concerns. A simpler way to drastically reduce people coming into the country to blow up innocents would be to profile. There are not many 75 year-old female Buddhist suicide bombers.
We have to deal with bureaucracies of the State everywhere. There is no market place of travel documents. You can't escape Big Brother. Passports are just one aspect.
I am never at ease with just one passport. I encourage all free men to have at least two - both legally obtained. Problem is they are all expensive. I am talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. Just like offshore banking in tax havens, the rich have had these for decades. I am a poor but 'rootless cosmopolitan' with allegiance to no nation. But this coercive concept of nationality follows me as a yoke. It is very frustrating, as if your landlord follows you around the world.
Of course there are legitimate security concerns. A simpler way to drastically reduce people coming into the country to blow up innocents would be to profile. There are not many 75 year-old female Buddhist suicide bombers.