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Aug 19, 2017 | 12:04 am

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamston

Interesting... I'm looking at a scanned copy of the back of a U.S. greencard belonging to a friend. It was issued in November 2014 and it didn't have anything like that on the back. Must be something new?

Or rather something rather older?

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Originally Posted by Often1

Having said that, I would never return the passport to the individual. That is the State Department's job. Yes, it may cause some paperwork and the issuance of a new document with an endorsement that it replaces one that was lost & recovered, but it is also a protection for the passport holder if the passport was somehow improperly used.

In practical terms, it's really not a protection for the person who was the legitimate passport holder, even if the passport was somehow improperly used.

Last edited by TWA884; Aug 19, 2017 at 9:08 am Reason: Merge consecutive posts by the same member; please use the multi-quote function

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