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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject: Need additional pages in US passport |
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| I'm nearly out of pages in my passport for stamps. Do I simply visit the US embassy and go through a process there? Or is there a different procedure? Thanks |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Yup, go to the embassy. Bad news tho - it used to be free, but now I believe they charge some sort of exorbitant fee for it, north of $50. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The fee went from 0 to 82 dollars last year. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| you don't even need to go to the embassy, you can do it all online. just send your passport into them. |
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vw08
Joined: 08 Dec 2010
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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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1. How long does it take them to do it if you show up? Is it a long wait?
2. How many pages do they give you for the 82 bucks? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Zackback wrote: |
1. How long does it take them to do it if you show up? Is it a long wait?
2. How many pages do they give you for the 82 bucks? |
1) I did it prior to the pay system, but basically, you show up, wait for maybe twenty or thirty minutes, give them your passport, then they mail it back to you a couple days later (or, if you have more time than money, you can go pick it up).
2) They basically double the size of the standard US passport, giving you as many new clean pages as you started with. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: |
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Is that fee outragous or what? $82 for some pages.
I've got about 20 months on my old passport and I'm down to about 4 pages. It makes you wonder if they aren't just trying to bump people into a new passport for a bit more? |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| Is it the same process for renewing your passport? |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| red_devil wrote: |
| Is it the same process for renewing your passport? |
No - off the top of my head, I think it's like $140 (could be wrong) but it's close enough you start to cohtenplate just getting a new one. |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| tideout wrote: |
| Is that fee outragous or what? $82 for some pages? |
not in the slightest. i just got stung for a whopping 350 bucks for a new oz passport as a result of the old one being full (in spite of still having another 7 years left until it expires). you americans have got it lucky. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| lemak wrote: |
| tideout wrote: |
| Is that fee outragous or what? $82 for some pages? |
not in the slightest. i just got stung for a whopping 350 bucks for a new oz passport as a result of the old one being full (in spite of still having another 7 years left until it expires). you americans have got it lucky. |
Dude,just to clarify -
$82 for 24 notebook sized pieces of paper is a rip- off.
In sympathy though, you are getting really screwed by your government.
Lovely, new Prime Minister though..... |
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