Old Passport Number
Dec 1, 2010, 6:52 pm
#16
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Seattle
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This is not the case. The State Department routinely returns cancelled passports. There is no option to specify one way or the other on the form.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/79960.pdf
Q:I'm renewing my passport. Do I get the old one back?
a:Yes, we return the old, cancelled passport to you although it may be sent separately from your new passport. It is a good idea to keep it in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U.S. citizenship.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/faq/faq_1741.html
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/79960.pdf
Q:I'm renewing my passport. Do I get the old one back?
a:Yes, we return the old, cancelled passport to you although it may be sent separately from your new passport. It is a good idea to keep it in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U.S. citizenship.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/faq/faq_1741.html
Dec 2, 2010, 1:21 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Happily living in Frenaros Cyprus having escaped the near-death experience called Sofia Bulgaria
Programs: Etihad Guest Gold, DL FO and 1MM, and a bunch of others at a low level
Posts: 2,052
This is not the case. The State Department routinely returns cancelled passports. There is no option to specify one way or the other on the form.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/79960.pdf
Q:I'm renewing my passport. Do I get the old one back?
a:Yes, we return the old, cancelled passport to you although it may be sent separately from your new passport. It is a good idea to keep it in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U.S. citizenship.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/faq/faq_1741.html
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/79960.pdf
Q:I'm renewing my passport. Do I get the old one back?
a:Yes, we return the old, cancelled passport to you although it may be sent separately from your new passport. It is a good idea to keep it in a safe place as it is considered proof of your U.S. citizenship.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/faq/faq_1741.html
Dec 8, 2010, 2:18 am
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2010
Location: London, UK
Programs: Virgin Flying Club British Airways Executive Club
Posts: 232
I submitted my current passport and, since I had recently found it, my old (child) passport to the UK consulate to get my student visa. After that, I laid my old passport somewhere in my room in my house and moved to the UK. Well, 3 years later I've moved from London to DC to Honolulu and am now applying to return to the UK for work.
I'm sure my old passport is in my room at my parents house, but it's just quite impossible for my parents to go through every drawer, envelope, box, etc. for me. And with me being 5,000 miles away, I can't exactly swing by the parents' house and search for it myself.
So, that's the problem. Lack of memory and impossible logistics.
Dec 28, 2010, 4:47 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
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Ours always came under separate cover -- latterly in a large Tyvec envelope in which the passport flopped around loosely and obviously. This discussion and this latter point are making me wonder if there's still an aftermarket for the old ones. I mean, I know that they're no good as passports anymore, but I wonder if they have value where all one has to do is flash that they have one. And, to get to the point, that they would be a commodity.
Dec 28, 2010, 5:02 pm
#20
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern California
Programs: AA Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 309
As an aside, if one fills out another country's Visa Application, that form will ask for a Passport number. If the applicant keeps a separate duplicate of the other country's Visa Application, applicant would have the Passport number.