cordelli

From the Brazilian Consulate page

I have a valid visa issued on my expired passport. Do I need to request a new visa?

If you have a valid visa in an expired passport, you can travel with both your passports (the expired one, with the valid visa AND the new passport) and you will not need a new visa to enter Brazil, AS LONG as the visa in the expired passport is still valid.

lakers6902

You can in person if your currently abroad, if at home then through mail. Maybe it changed but that's what they told me at the us embassy in Mongolia when I had extra pages added about two years ago

planemechanic

Many US Embassies require an appointment for visa pages. Their website will say if they do, otherwise just walk up as early as they open and ask for the passport office.

sbm12

You can do it in person even in the USA if you visit one of the passport offices. I've done it in NYC and San Diego. In both cases I got an appointment based on travel in the next 14 days and in both cases I dropped it off around 10am and had it back by 3pm.

riclagriclag

I have my passport pages being added as we speak. 4-6 weeks on a standard request I have plenty of time to kill .to answer your question about how many pages you need the web site says 2-4 pages should be sufficient, but I don't know how many countries your visiting on this trip. hope that helps

Uh Clem

I recently renewed my passport. Paid the expedite fee and also sent it in via overnight delivery. It only took eight days to get my new passport. Sent it in on Monday, received it back the following Tuesday. I'm guessing it wouldn't take any longer to send it in to add pages if you pay for the expedite option.

mkt

I had mine added at the embassy in Santo Domingo. Dropped off in the morning, picked up after lunch.

manneca

I had passport pages added in Cape Town. It was a hassle. They had to do a security check with the State Dept which because of the time difference meant at least overnight. They wouldn't let me pick it up in person; had to DHL it to our hotel. If you're out of the US, I'd check with the embassy/consulate to see esactly what the procedures are.

IggySD

Quick thread hi-jack...

Is there a limit to the number of extra pages you can get? I've had them add extra pages once but I'm running low and still have about 4.5 years left on this passport. Worth getting another 26 (or 52?) pages?

SanDiego1K

I had pages added in San Diego. In hindsight, I should have simply gotten a new passport. It was the same price or thereabouts. It would be advantageous to have one with a chip. I think I have 4x normal pages in the present one, so it is really thick.

chinatraderjmr

No charge in Dubai 3 weeks ago. They didn't even mention there was a cost now in the States. Walked in with no appointment and 20 min later it was ready

***ive had pages added 3 times & this time I was told they would not be able to do it again (3 is max). The real pain is years ago, I could get a NEW passport issued in Dubai at the consulate. This is no longer done (and hasn't been for a while). For those expats out there, the embassy, consulate now must send the paperwork to the US & new passports are made there and sent back by diplomatic courier. This is now the last good reason to have 2 American passports

GUWonder

For me, getting the additional pages at consulates/embassies abroad makes sense. I travel way too much in such a way that otherwise I would be additionally inconvenienced, financially and otherwise, in having to get a new passport book every time one of my initial 52-page passport's pages filled up. And that is even with two passports.

If I were only traveling internationally every three weeks or less frequently than that, then perhaps I would consider a new passport; however, I would still have to carry the older passports, even when cancelled as part of a renewal. For better or worse, my international travel schedule is far more frequent than once or twice a month, which means the same-day service abroad for additional page supplements is really useful, financially and otherwise, for me.

GUWonder

New, extra-short duration passports are still issued locally at some US consulates/embassies for rushed situations. What is done is to use the passport blank in conjunction with an affixed visa-like sticker page for the biodata page; that sticker has the bearer's photo and other info. That temp passport can be turned in and exchanged for a standard US passport, at no additional charge, to complete out the validity period of (most ordinarily) ten or five years.