<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by GUWonder:
I fail to understand the above entirely. They basically issued your old passport on the basis of the digitized photo on file and then assigned a retroactive expiration date but choose to amend it so that it expires 10 years from that date? Or did something else happen?
[This message has been edited by GUWonder (edited Feb 01, 2004).]</font>
No, they had no digital picture on file. So, they issued me a brand new passport with a validity of one year (based on my statement that I was who I was and me paying a new passport fee.) When I got back to the US, I mailed in the passport with other proof of identity, and they extended its validity to the full ten years.
[This message has been edited by chrisny2 (edited Feb 01, 2004).]