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tell me something about renewing your passport

10 years ago

If I read the gov't website info correctly, you have to send the passport you have back to them (with the forms and fee and a current new photo -- i think). What happens to the pages that already have stamps on them? Do they transfer them into a new passport? I'd really hate to lose those... you know, just for memory's sake.

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monica_pa Grieves
10 years ago
i renewed mine at our post office....they even took my picture.

Oh...and I have all my old passports.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to renew at Post Office

This post was edited by monica_pa on Fri, Sep 13, 13 at 17:47
glenda_al
10 years ago
Renewed mine 3 years ago.

I remember mailing mine in, and having that fear of uncertainty. PO assured me there would be no problem.

Came back with holes punched in the bottom on numbers invalidating that passport all the way thru the cover, plus my new one.

Had to send in two pictures, one stapled to the old passport and another one that they used on the renewed passport.

To answer your question, I have the old unuseable one and the new one.
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maire_cate
10 years ago
When I renewed mine last year the clerk suggested placing my passport in a plastic bag to make sure it stays dry before placing it into the envelope.
OklaMoni
10 years ago
You made me go look, cause I could not remember! I have both, the old one with my "old name" and the new one, with my "new name" which I changed to after my divorce.

The old one has holes punched through it, and I keep it in the same place as my new one. :)

Moni
AnnaKay
10 years ago
I renewed mine last March and I think they sent the old one back to me. I took two pictures and the lady at the Post Office attached one to the application for the renewal and I still have the other one. I got my new, updated passport back sooner than the date they gave me.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
10 years ago
AND...it is much more expensive than it was 10 years ago!

Jim
glenda_al
10 years ago
A thought and a tip:

Don't store the old and new passports together.

Wouldn't it be awful to get to the airport, and you picked up the old passport?

I just separated mine. New one in usual drawer that it's always kept.

Put the old one, just for memories sake, with boxed souvenirs.
Rudebekia
10 years ago
Just renewed mine. I sent it in. The old one was sent back about a week after the new one arrived. And yes, it is a lot more expensive than 10 years ago!
pammyfay
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks, folks -- and for that tip, Glenda! Knowing me, I WOULD grab the wrong one (even seeing the punched holes)!
joyfulguy
10 years ago
There's a rumour about ...

... that the guv'mint's short of cash.

ole joyful ... who needs to renew his (if he wants to go anywhere)
naughtykitty
10 years ago
I just renewed my passport also. They mailed the old and the new to me. So glad because I didn't want to lose the stamps either.
pammyfay
Original Author
10 years ago
An update:
So... the new passport arrived. And I got in a tizzy cuz it was just that, and no old passport!
I thought, "Did they change the process and they no longer return the old book?"
Well, I always jump to conclusions!
The old book came back in the mail a couple of days later.
Rudebekia
10 years ago
Yup, that's what I reported earlier in this thread. The old one comes after the new one.
susanjf_gw
10 years ago
wish we had one! we're so close to Canada and would love to return sometime...I actually have the paperwork but never sent it in, lol....
oldfixer
10 years ago
Depends on how/where one travels. The Passport Card may be a better (cheaper) option for some. They give good info to help you select either. Agreed, a used one should not be kept anywhere near the valid one.
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This reminds me I need to renew our passports..
jannie
10 years ago
I renewed mine at the Post Office. They looked at but handed back my old one, so I got to keep all my stamps and my 1978 photo. I looked so young! Of course, that was before I was even married!
liz
10 years ago
did you smile in your picture with teeth showing? They actually sent me an email to resubmit a pic with no teeth showing...I couldn't even believe that!! so I had hubster take yet another picture...
dees_1
10 years ago
The passport card is substantially cheaper but can only be used for land entrances. You can NOT use a passport card for air travel.

It's clear on the website but it bears repeating.

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