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whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

So Im almost out of pages in my passport... Ive heard this crazy rumor that I can just go to an American Embassy or Consulate and they can sew new pages into it, but I dont know if thats true. Do I need a new passport? Anybody know?

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:33 am Post subject:

That rumor is very true.

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

So I can just show up, and they will sew more pages in...

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

Yep and fork over some money too. They don't do a damn thing for free over there.

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

Yeah, nothings free. But thats cool...I was expecting a huge mess of paper work and postage stamps and lost in the mail passports and then having to convert all my visas and reentries.

Wisco Kid · Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Location: Changwon

I ran out of pages when I was in Thailand. At the consulate in Chiang Mai, they stuck the new pages in for free. They are actually stuck in with an adhesive tape, not sewn. I was given 24 new pages I believe, labeled "A" through "X". Now, with all the moving around that I've been doing, it won't be long before I'm gonna need even more. (I'm down to about 5 pages now). My passport is still valid till '08, but I wouldn't mind getting a new one since I had a goatee and was stoned in the photograph. The immigration folks always give it a good long look and ask if it's really me.

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

I wish Canadians were so lucky. I have to get a new passport.

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

this is thrilling news! thanks all for your help.

Wisco Kid · Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Location: Changwon

Hey Whatthefunk, why did you ever change your avatar. I thought you had the best one out there. I usually imagine the avatar communicating the words getting posted, and that creepy bug-eyed look just rang out "Pohang" so well.

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

just needed a change, but i agree with you. the flashing WHAT THE FUNK with the weird cut out faces is right cool, but i began to feel a certain attachment to my old one and am considering going back. but then again, pohang is in the past and something new and undescribable as emerged within me and maybe my new avatar is that new something flashing its way out...dont know.

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

I don't remember being charged when I had that done last year.

In fact:

"Add Pages

We can also add pages to your existing passport if your travels have filled up the original book. Please download and complete an application for amendment/extension of passport (DS-19).

There is no fee for this service. Adding pages can be done without your making a trip to the Embassy. Processing time is only about three working days. Here's how to get your passport to us to add pages:

You may add several additional page inserts to the same passport; there is no limit to the number. If the passport begins to become unwieldy with numerous extra page inserts you can renew your passport in advance of the expiration date. All the normal fees and forms are required for a passport renewal."

Ask the Consul

Sounds like chiaa wound up paying for someone's retirement party. Twisted Evil

yemanja · Joined: 29 Sep 2004

when the passport expires, do we have to fork it over to get a new one? I don't want to lose all my groovy visas and stamps.

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

Actually I was just guessing that you had to pay.

I guessed wrong...

lawyertood · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:15 am Post subject:

yemanja asked

babydriver · Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Location: US of A, temporarily

Yeah, you can go to the embassy and they will give you new pages for about $40. Not sure of the cost, but I've done it.