Deja Vu, again: Passport price increase
May 16, 2010, 11:51 am
#76
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: AA EXP2M, DL 1MM DM ext, UA PP <=> HH G/Marr PE/Hyatt G/IHG P FT RA ( Recovering Addict)
Posts: 4,596
What is the address to send these in?
I am leaving the 28th to go abroad and do not want to risk it all.
May be worth a day trip to the passport office when I return.
Do you need to be present with the child?
I am going to mail them all out in June when I return
I am leaving the 28th to go abroad and do not want to risk it all.
May be worth a day trip to the passport office when I return.
Do you need to be present with the child?
I am going to mail them all out in June when I return
May 24, 2010, 2:59 pm
#78
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,603
May 25, 2010, 12:36 pm
#79
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 7,418
The date for comments was back in March. As a technical/legal matter they could implement them any time after that by issuing a final rulemaking. But this is political so I'm sure they are moving cautiously.
Jun 28, 2010, 3:40 pm
#81
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 39
"....actual operating expenses" ---- does that mean if they have money left over, we will get a refund? Not a chance....
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/143724.htm
New Schedule of Consular Fees to Take Effect on July 13, 2010
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
June 28, 2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On June 28, 2010, the U.S. Department of State published its Schedule of Fees for Consular Services in the Federal Register. The schedule includes fees for passports, immigrant visas and other consular services. The changes will take effect on July 13, 2010, 15 days after publication in the Federal Register. The revised fees will cover actual operating expenses for the 301 overseas consular posts, 23 domestic passport agencies and other centers that provide these consular services to U.S. and foreign citizens.
Jun 28, 2010, 8:48 pm
#83
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 33
PPT Book Fees Subsidize PPT Card/General Consular Costs
In today's Federal Register, State acknowledges that it subsidizes certain consular programs - including the artificially cheap passport card (not valid for air travel) with passport book fees. It also notes in another recent FR notice making its increases to non-immigrant visa fees final that these fees pay for general (not visa-related) consular positions and costs.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-15622.pdf
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-15622.pdf
Jun 29, 2010, 8:14 am
#85
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Programs: DL 1MM Platinum, UA 1k, HH Silver, BonVoy Platinum
Posts: 1,146
Total Cost: $82 for additional visa pages
I still can't believe it....what a load of...
But I did manage to get in there and get some new pages last week, thankfully.
I still can't believe it....what a load of...
But I did manage to get in there and get some new pages last week, thankfully.
Jun 29, 2010, 1:04 pm
#86
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Due to US insistence extra pages are not allowed to be added, thus need a whole new passport which costs considerably more than this.
Jul 4, 2010, 8:23 pm
#87
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Marriott Plat
Posts: 946
Hi all--
The Federal Register notice announcing these changes says
I can't find those data sets-- can anyone else?
The Federal Register notice announcing these changes says
Concerning the request for specific inputs used to determine the
cost for the U.S. passport book and card, such data sets are being
published in the Federal Register together with this rule.
cost for the U.S. passport book and card, such data sets are being
published in the Federal Register together with this rule.
Jul 4, 2010, 11:35 pm
#89
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USA
Programs: UA/CO(1K-PLT), AA(PLT), QR, EK, Marriott(PLT), Hilton(DMND)
Posts: 9,538
I am utterly against the concept of passports and visas. There is no earthly reason for either of these things. Looking back over my life, I've probably spent somewhere in the region of $10,000 on passport fees, visa fees, extension fees, petitions, etc. Utterly outrageous if you ask me.
Jul 5, 2010, 1:49 am
#90
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
The other countries are of course free to ignore US pressure or back out of agreements on such matters and provide their citizens additional passport pages upon request of the individual and then let it be up to the individual to determine if they want to potentially face a problem with US authorities or just avoid the US when in possession of a passport with an inserted page supplement.
Last edited by GUWonder; Jul 5, 2010 at 1:54 am