Could/should the passport office send email reminders that PP will expire "soon"?
Jun 24, 2018, 9:09 pm
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Could/should the passport office send email reminders that PP will expire "soon"?
There are threads re pax who have been delinquent in renewing their PP and need to renew ASAP. Why couldn't emails be sent (say) 6 months prior to expiration?
NYS DMV sends me an email two months before my inspection sticker for my car is set to expire, ditto for renewal of DL and car registration.
NYS DMV sends me an email two months before my inspection sticker for my car is set to expire, ditto for renewal of DL and car registration.
Jun 24, 2018, 11:41 pm
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To deal with SSA (an agency of the USG) you do have to give them your email address.
Jun 24, 2018, 11:54 pm
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Passports are not a necessity when you compare to State ID/DLs.
Per State Department's data, 154,065,148 Passports (book/card) were issued over the last 10 years, which is accounted for about 47% of today's estimated U.S. population.
Per State Department's data, 154,065,148 Passports (book/card) were issued over the last 10 years, which is accounted for about 47% of today's estimated U.S. population.
Jun 25, 2018, 8:41 am
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It might be an optional service that some would like having.
Jun 25, 2018, 1:58 pm
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Jun 25, 2018, 2:40 pm
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My passports are more a necessity than my state ID/DL, but for majority it’s the latter that is.
Jun 25, 2018, 2:52 pm
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[Most of my CCs have just send mass emailings re privacy issues...]
Jun 25, 2018, 3:26 pm
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That 47% number is a big overstatement of the actual percentage. A substantial proportion of those 154M US passports were valid for 5 years or less with some of the citizen/citizen’s parents/guardians getting the US passports more often than even just twice in ten years.
FWIW - I believe only 20% or less of all U.S. citizens/nationals have U.S. passports.
Unlike financial institutions, a government entity can't do anything simply because it sees fit to do so.
Also - the privacy thing is mandated by, again, law.
Bottom line - When you think simple, the reality is it is actually more complicated than you think if the State Department wants to send out renewal emails.
Jun 25, 2018, 6:48 pm
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Personally, I dont want government email more than minimally required, and a passport expiration email would be just more junk as far as I am concerned.
Jun 28, 2018, 12:05 am
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Re privacy issues and being adverse to letting the gov't have your email address:
When you apply for a pp (or renewal), you are given the option of being notified 6 months before pp expires,
When you apply for a pp (or renewal), you are given the option of being notified 6 months before pp expires,
Jun 28, 2018, 12:21 am
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"If you choose to provide your email address in Item #6 on this application, Passport Services may use that information to contact you in the event there is a problem with your application or if you need to provide information to us."
Where do you see that?
Jun 28, 2018, 12:50 am
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It is not mentioned in the application. The applications only state:
"If you choose to provide your email address in Item #6 on this application, Passport Services may use that information to contact you in the event there is a problem with your application or if you need to provide information to us."
Where do you see that?
"If you choose to provide your email address in Item #6 on this application, Passport Services may use that information to contact you in the event there is a problem with your application or if you need to provide information to us."
Where do you see that?
There are two fields on PP DS-82: SS# and EMAIL, unless you read the instructions carefully, it would seem that both of these are required; so applicants who didn't want their PP application to be delayed would probably leave neither blank. [What they do with SS$s is described in some detail.]
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