Originally Posted by
polonius
It hadn't occurred to me before the stupidity of USA "emergency passports" having a validity of only six months, as most countries require passports to be valid for a minimum of six months from date of entry, making such passports useless in most cases.
Yet another case of brilliant thinking on the part of the DHS.
The thinking is that you'll use the emergency passport to get home, then use it to apply for a "real" one. My dad lost his passport in Germany. The embassy there issued him a 6 month one, along with instructions on how to send it in for a full 10 year one. He did that when he got home and had a new one in acouple of weeks.