First of all, very sorry for your situation. I do feel badly for you. I just got my passport back from getting addtional visa pages. It took just about 12 weeks and I was sweating it out as I had several trips planned. I ended up getting it back a few days before I needed it.

I have a couple of questions. Please humor me and answer them as I really am curious. First, why would anyone stamp in those last 4 pages? Also, why does that automatically make you ineligible for additional pages? Finally, what are those pages SUPPOSED to be used for?

Here's what I see in my passport. Pages 1 - 21 are numbered visa pages. 22, 23, and 24 are called Amendments & Endorsements. There isn't a 4th page--there's just the inside back cover which resembles pages 22, 23, and 24 without having a number on it.

When the additional pages were added, they were added directly in the middle of my passport between 2 numbered visa pages, both of which are completely full. On the inside back cover (not a numbered page) there's a typed statement written sideways up near the binding that states that the passport was amended on a specific date to add visa pages. The visa pages are literally taped in the middle of the passport and the first page, A, explains that it's a supplement under seal, etc. The "seal" is not a full seal -- you can clearly see that they attempted to seal it, but they didn't press down hard enough on about 1/2 of it. I've read elsewhere that the seal is no longer necessary.

So, after that lengthy description, I guess I still don't understand how the fact that some county stamped where they shouldn't have affects the addition of visa pages. Unless they stamped on the inside back cover, wouldn't you be ok?