passport stamps on the amendments/endorsements page?
Oct 24, 2008, 1:26 pm
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Oct 24, 2008, 1:31 pm
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Oct 24, 2008, 8:19 pm
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Oct 25, 2008, 12:15 pm
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Chile uses the Amendments/Endorsements page to stamp/staple in the receipt from the "reciprocity" payment, which is valid until the passport expires.
Oct 25, 2008, 12:36 pm
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I fail to see what control you possibly had over where in your passport you got a stamp.
I have crossed over 1,000 national borders in my life and never once have I been asked where I would like the stamp.
Nov 11, 2008, 8:14 am
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Has anyone ever heard of countries balking at stamping the added pages? A friend's boss travels a lot for work and said he's apparently had problems...I heard it through that friend so I have no details of which countries and what exactly has been said to him about those inserted pages. Seemed bizarre to me, as adding pages should be a common, official government procedure and I've never heard this before.
Nov 11, 2008, 11:58 am
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Has anyone ever heard of countries balking at stamping the added pages? A friend's boss travels a lot for work and said he's apparently had problems...I heard it through that friend so I have no details of which countries and what exactly has been said to him about those inserted pages. Seemed bizarre to me, as adding pages should be a common, official government procedure and I've never heard this before.
Nov 11, 2008, 2:39 pm
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Far, far easier to get pages added at a consulate overseas. I've done it in Hong Kong. Less than an hour and you don't even have to go yourself. You can send an assistant with the filled out paperwork and an hour later your assistant brings you back your passport with new pages. I did, however, have to make an appoint via their website. Easy to do, no issues at all.
Nov 12, 2008, 8:47 am
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Hmm.. the 3 stamps I have on my amendments/endorsements page are all from PVG. In fact, China in general tends to stamp all over the place- The only stamps that properly fit the space given are the Chinese visas I have (half my visa pages are filled with Chinese visas) and my arrival at NRT (and while I appreciate the effort the BKK people made they still stamped over the edge of the page on departure). And it's impossible to screw up the visa placement because it's full-page. But that's just my personal experience. And I've never heard a peep from ORD as I re-enter the US.
Oct 14, 2009, 6:43 am
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I've added pages something like 4 or 5 times and now have over 200 pages in my passport. It still fits fine in my pocket.
You can request that they add twice as many pages as normal if you want. When they see how many visas I have, they usually even suggest adding double.
It is far, far easier to get pages added at a US Consulate outside of the US.
You can request that they add twice as many pages as normal if you want. When they see how many visas I have, they usually even suggest adding double.
It is far, far easier to get pages added at a US Consulate outside of the US.
Good for you!
Aug 13, 2010, 11:09 pm
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I think someone else mentioned getting stamps on the endorsement pages in Morocco - that happened to me as well. I assume it was the right to left thing, but it does say on the page in FRENCH what type of page it is (and seeing as they immigration official very distinctly spoke French...).
Aug 14, 2010, 10:44 am
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My stamps from Morocco were on the amendments page despite having many blank pages elsewhere.
The additional pages are slightly smaller but were attached straight so it looks tidy, not sloppy. I got them now instead of waiting to get them at an embassy in an unusual city because the State Department was to start charging for the pages. It is now $82, I believe. Either that or $85.
The additional pages are slightly smaller but were attached straight so it looks tidy, not sloppy. I got them now instead of waiting to get them at an embassy in an unusual city because the State Department was to start charging for the pages. It is now $82, I believe. Either that or $85.
Aug 14, 2010, 11:28 am
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I have at least 6 passports where the amendmendts page has stamps on it. Mainly Russian or Ukrainian, b ut not always. Never had anybody in the US say anything about it.
I did have the CBP in Detroit tell me in Feb that the picture was terrible and that I should get a new passport (3yrs old). I told him that it was HIS co-workers that took a perfectly normal photo and made it look completely washed out and I didn't see why I hould pay for a new passport because somebody in the government didn't do their job correctly, but if he was willing to give me the money for the new passport I would get right on it.
He barked "they are not my co-workers, they are not even in the same department" and let me go. To my surprise, no secondary
I did have the CBP in Detroit tell me in Feb that the picture was terrible and that I should get a new passport (3yrs old). I told him that it was HIS co-workers that took a perfectly normal photo and made it look completely washed out and I didn't see why I hould pay for a new passport because somebody in the government didn't do their job correctly, but if he was willing to give me the money for the new passport I would get right on it.
He barked "they are not my co-workers, they are not even in the same department" and let me go. To my surprise, no secondary
Aug 14, 2010, 12:01 pm
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Yes, as far as I know, the USA is unusual –.at least among Western countries – in adding pages to its passports. Most countries simply insist that a passport that has no room for more stamps or visas must be replaced by a new one. Some will issue passports that contain more pages than a normal passport – for a higher fee.