Get new US passport vs adding pages & visa questions
Jun 19, 2013, 8:18 am
#31
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personally, I get very upset when the foreign(or U.S.) immigration officer doesn't stamp my passport. 
I even went so far as to pay cash for a stamp in my passport a couple of years ago. (Liechtenstein,
where else? Yes, it's a real country... but apparently not all US CPB agents realize this
)
I even went so far as to pay cash for a stamp in my passport a couple of years ago. (Liechtenstein,
where else? Yes, it's a real country... but apparently not all US CPB agents realize this
)
Jun 19, 2013, 8:31 am
#32
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This is an interesting thread ... I do all my US entries in PHL and they stamp every time.
As a result, on a 2007-issue passport, I have part of one page left, and no visas that I have to carry over. Also, I have a little time until next out-of-country trip, so will not have to pay expediting fees. Thus am I correct that under the current fee structure, I might as well just renew my passport now, instead of getting (and paying for, here in the U.S.) new pages and then having to renew in 2017?
As a result, on a 2007-issue passport, I have part of one page left, and no visas that I have to carry over. Also, I have a little time until next out-of-country trip, so will not have to pay expediting fees. Thus am I correct that under the current fee structure, I might as well just renew my passport now, instead of getting (and paying for, here in the U.S.) new pages and then having to renew in 2017?
Jun 19, 2013, 10:34 am
#33
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As a result, on a 2007-issue passport, I have part of one page left, and no visas that I have to carry over. Also, I have a little time until next out-of-country trip, so will not have to pay expediting fees. Thus am I correct that under the current fee structure, I might as well just renew my passport now, instead of getting (and paying for, here in the U.S.) new pages and then having to renew in 2017?
I "lost" my Chile reciprocity fee (it expires with the passport), but my Argentina reciprocity fee and my Brazil visa from my old passport should still be valid.
Be sure to check the box to request a 52-page passport. @:-)
Jun 19, 2013, 11:04 am
#34
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I find that my passport is now almost always stamped upon reentry into the US. In the 90s it was maybe a 50/50 chance, but since the mid-2000s the US border people almost always stamp my passport. In the past few years I've received stamps at EWR, JFK, CLT, RDU, MIA, ORD, YYZ, YUL, and IAD.
Jun 21, 2013, 11:33 am
#36
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On returning from a trip to Asia last month, I found myself with no completely free visa pages. Given that adding visa pages now costs almost as much as a new passport (and mine was due to expire in 2015, anyway), it was an easy decision to get a new one. Routine service is $110. Returned from my trip on 21st May, submitted the application on 23rd May, and received my new passport on 12th June (exactly 3 weeks later). My old passport arrived in a separate package a few days later.
Be sure to check the box to request a 52-page passport. @:-)
Be sure to check the box to request a 52-page passport. @:-)
Jun 21, 2013, 12:33 pm
#37
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A new passport costs about $110 and you can get a 52 page one for that price
If you use round numbers, and assume it's good for ten years, that's $0.92 per month.
If you add additional pages, which won't be 52 pages, that's $82. Unless your current passport has more than seven years and six months of validity left to it, it costs less (on a per month basis) to just renew.
This is of course assuming there are no additional fees for replacing things in the current passport or exceptions like that.
Jun 22, 2013, 9:21 am
#38
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A new passport costs about $110 and you can get a 52 page one for that price
If you use round numbers, and assume it's good for ten years, that's $0.92 per month.
If you add additional pages, which won't be 52 pages, that's $82. Unless your current passport has more than seven years and six months of validity left to it, it costs less (on a per month basis) to just renew.
This is of course assuming there are no additional fees for replacing things in the current passport or exceptions like that.
If you use round numbers, and assume it's good for ten years, that's $0.92 per month.
If you add additional pages, which won't be 52 pages, that's $82. Unless your current passport has more than seven years and six months of validity left to it, it costs less (on a per month basis) to just renew.
This is of course assuming there are no additional fees for replacing things in the current passport or exceptions like that.