Extra pages for passport
 

I was just looking through my passport and realized I need to add more pages as I am down to 5 open spaces. Can I just go to the passport office and get the extra pages?

Yes, passport agencies in the US can add more pages. However, they will take a long time to do it.

If you go to an embassy or consulate outside of the US, it's MUCH simpler and faster.

I went to the post office, got a form for making amendments to a Passport, mailed the form & my passport to the closest Passport office, and the Passport was returned to me about 3 weeks later.

I don't think I'll need more pages for a while, they gave me 24 new pages (numbered A through X).

If you can wait until your next trip outside the U.S., I would strongly advise you to do so. As 2 Many Miles indicated, it's much, much easier to do this at a U.S. Embassy or consular section. I've done this in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok and have never had to wait (no lines, process takes a few seconds).

Thanks folks for such a quick response and an answer I certainly hadn't considered. My next (planned) international trip is to Paris, and the embassy there is located very near my hotel, I was kind of dreading the lines at the Passport office anyway for such a simple thing.

If my recent experience in London is any guide as to what you might expect in Paris, it's just as quick as everyone says. (I got the idea of doing it there from an earlier thread on this topic.) The clerk said "Fill out this form; I'll be back with your passport with the new pages in it before you're done." He was right.

We have done it in San Fran and they treat you like a renewal so all the requirements are there. If you want fast service, you have to bring an airline ticket with you and endure the lines TWO times - once for the request, once for the pickup. Ack.

I've added pages to my present passport seven times using US Embassys in Asia, and it usually takes just a minute or so. Lately, the BKK embassy has been wanting to give me a new pp, as my current one is thicker than a bible. They say that some countries such as China may not accept the pp in this state (total BS), but I refuse to let them issue a new one as it will kill most of my active business visas (which they say will not happen - more ignorant Embassy advice). Thus far, they keep reluctantly adding more page inserts.

Most business visas would not be killed - you just need to travel with both your old and new passport (this also appies to travelers to the US who require visas).

It is true that in the case of the US, immigration generally honors both tourist and business visas in expired passports, as many are often issued by the US with 10-year validities. That is one of the reasons that embassy personnel think that the reciprocal holds. However, in my experience (e.g. Thailand and China), a canceled passport will kill a business visa as surely as holding a match to it. As a matter of fact, in China (Xiamen for example), something as small as a slight tear in the cover of a thick, well-worn passport can cause a traveler to be pulled out of line for the old UV/microscope treatment (usually just for the passport, not the traveler;).