Originally Posted by
stimpy
Yes I'm a business traveler and yes I can expense the fees. But the process of adding pages is a lot easier than getting a new passport. I just make an appointment, preferably late morning, drop off my passport with the simple application, go get lunch, swing back after lunch and pick up my passport with 48 pages added.
Why would I want to go through the hassle of getting a new passport?
Getting this done via ACS at US consulates/embassies was a breeze; but now with the electronic appointment system and the fee for the supplemental pages, I am more agnostic between using a US passport agency office to do the page insert or using ACS to do this outside of the U.S.
Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
The picture shown looks like 2 US passports put together. That's not uncommon. When I've had to replace my passport because they wouldn't add more pages but I still had valid visas in my previous passport they would attach them together.
The U.S. would permanently bind/staple your expired US passort to a renewal US passport? When and where did that take place?
That is definitely not standard common practice nowadays for personnel employed by the State Department and it hasn't been for decades.