Auxiliary Passport?????
Jan 18, 2008 | 8:28 am
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Auxiliary Passport?????
Okay, this morning I explain to my boss that I can't send it the paperwork for a Brazilian visa until I get back from Canada next week. He commented that I need to get an auxiliary passport; which he said is a second passport that I use while my primary passport is in sent in to get visa's processed.
Besides being a little upset that he isn't planning on me being home long enough to get the paperwork ready for my next trip, I was confused as I'd never heard of an auxiliary passport.
Does anyone have one of these or know how they work?
Besides being a little upset that he isn't planning on me being home long enough to get the paperwork ready for my next trip, I was confused as I'd never heard of an auxiliary passport.
Does anyone have one of these or know how they work?
Jan 18, 2008 | 8:37 am
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yes. You pay money for a second tourist passport, normally just valid for 5 years instead of ten. You can even do it in person at a passport office and receive it same day.
Ciao,
FH
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Jan 18, 2008 | 10:28 am
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Another option if you travel frequently to Canada and foresee this issue arising again is the new "passport card":
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/74083.htm
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9064051
This would be valid for purposes of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, i.e. travel to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and would be like an "extra" passport in credit-card-like form, without room for stamps or visas.
I kind of doubt you can get one of these in the coming week in Canada, but who knows.... If you could get one on an urgent basis, you could use it to re-enter the US and mail in your booklet-style passport.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/74083.htm
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9064051
This would be valid for purposes of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, i.e. travel to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and would be like an "extra" passport in credit-card-like form, without room for stamps or visas.
I kind of doubt you can get one of these in the coming week in Canada, but who knows.... If you could get one on an urgent basis, you could use it to re-enter the US and mail in your booklet-style passport.
Jan 18, 2008 | 12:26 pm
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Only valid for land travel. As it being a business trip, the OP is probably flying into Canada.
Jan 19, 2008 | 8:43 am
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