Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet (Post 23582934)

A quick flip through shows 116 pages in my passport with 5 years left to go until it expires.

Originally Posted by drvannostren (Post 23599361)

Never thought about it, but I always assumed if you ran out of space (as a Canadian) you had to just get a new one?

Originally Posted by CX HK (Post 23562405)

A bit of an old article (4 years ago), but it was all over the major networks. In my personal circle (excluding FT), I know multiple people who have the same passport, and I am sure among FTers there will be more than a handful who could have the same claim. Interesting to see the press he received.

Originally Posted by ironmanjt (Post 23604622)

The article isn't very flattering, and makes him seem rather arrogant.

Originally Posted by zaccaggie (Post 23609460)

Just announced this morning, no more supplemantal pages issued after Jan 2016. new passports issued overseas will have 52 pages. no more additions, when its full its full and you will have to get a new passport (or a second passport if you qualify).

Originally Posted by CX HK (Post 23609729)

Quick search didn't yield anything - link?

Originally Posted by zaccaggie (Post 23610709)

Trust me - I'm from the Govt. :D:D:D

Originally Posted by airmotive (Post 23608654)

Curious...
Last year I was departing Dhaka, and the Indian businessman in front of me put his passport in the security bin. It was very worn...and over 1 inch thick. At first I thought it was simply one of those mini Bibles or Quran, but then I saw the cover. I joked with him that that was the thickest passport I've ever seen. He said he travels internationally a couple times a week. I don't know how they got all those pages in there, or why the Indian government doesn't issue a new passport after a certain point.

Regardless, I kick myself for not asking the gentleman if I could take a photo. I try to fly politely, but sometimes I second guess myself.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 23573009)

Not sure.

140 countries have signed onto the push to cap passport validity to five years. Most of those that have reduced their validity period down to no more the five years don't allow for adding pages and those that did have all stopped it in so far as I've not seen them allow it anymore. The US has maintained a ten year general validity period for ordinary adult passports and doesn't seem as likely to kill that off than it is to kill of the additional page inserts -- but neither is scheduled for elimination even as the U.S. is an advocate against other countries allowing for page inserts or allowing for passport validity periods to be greater than 5 years. It's rather amusing when what's good for the goose is not considered good for the gander.

It used to be more common to see multiple passport books bound together than to see additional passport page inserts in non-US passports. It probably still is, for the latter seems to have largely dropped off the radar.

Originally Posted by CX HK (Post 23609729)

Quick search didn't yield anything - link?

Originally Posted by Tchiowa (Post 23612662)

I found several news articles saying no more adding pages as of 2016, but the official government passport page says nothing about it and still shows the standard instructions.