UK passport almost full
 

Passport is almost full and about to go on a journey that should see every remaining page stamped. Most pages have several stamps, none has only one, and as the passport has filled up I have not seen anyone look for a blank page to stamp.

However by the time I get to Australia that there cannot be more than two blank pages and if, when I pass through Hong Kong on my way to and from China, the HK authorities do look for a blank page, there won't be any blank ones left. I don't know if the HK authorities have a habit of stamping blank pages ?

I have a Chinese visa in the passport and also electronic authorisation for Australia so don't want to have to get a new passport, but is there a chance I could be refused admission if I turn up with every page stamped? After Australia I am in Singapore, so an even greater liklihood of no stamps, could there be any problems in either country if there weren't a blank page remaining?

Anyone with any experience of this please ?

If you are not needing a visa (incl visa on arrival) to enter any country then you should be okay as long as there is some space to put a stamp.

I have had pretty good experience of suggesting where to stamp at the border.

Thanks guys, I had read of people not being allowed into South Africa because of there not being a pair of blank pages so got rather worried.

Re Australia, does the electronic approval count as a visa so the stamp is a formality or is the stamp still the visa so worth having a blank page for.

Slight concern re Singapore that while they may not make a point of stamping a blank page if one is available, they may not stamp any page if one is not.

Australian electronic visas don't appear in your passport - they are just on their computer system. However, they do still stamp you in and out and their stamps are quite chunky.

South Africa puts a sticker in your passport that takes about a third of a page and then they give small in and out stamps. They say they need blank pages but in reality they just need a blank half page.

Singapore stamps in and out but their stamps are small and they will stamp on pages that have been partly used.

If space is an issue, ask border guards to stamp in a particular place - often they oblige. I have also seen one person who conserves blank pages by putting post it notes on them that say "reserved for visas". Worth a try?