Interesting US Passport Statistics...

"mrtravel" wrote in message
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James Anatidae wrote:
"mrtravel" wrote in message
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Mike Cordelli wrote:

You have to remember that many people don't wait the full ten years to

renew

it, they do it when it's full, when they lose it, etc. Also, I believe
little ones only get a passport valid for five years.

Why renew when it is full, you could just get pages added?

Wow, what a dumb idea. A passport is nothing than a booklet printed on
good
paper with a nice cover. It makes no sense what so ever to take it
part,
add pages, and staple it back together again when you could simply give
the
person a nice new one.

Well, the cost to add pages is 0. Renewal is substantially more.
Sure, if you want to pay for a new one, they will let you pay for a new
one. If you simply need pages, there is no need to pay for a new one.

Why is this a dumb idea if it saves people money? US DOS has been doing
it for many years.

Never heard of it before, haven't traveled abroad enough to need it. So
they just tape new ones in? You'd think that would raise concerns about
forging the extra ones.

James Anatidae wrote:

"mrtravel" wrote in message
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Well, the cost to add pages is 0. Renewal is substantially more.
Sure, if you want to pay for a new one, they will let you pay for a new
one. If you simply need pages, there is no need to pay for a new one.

Why is this a dumb idea if it saves people money? US DOS has been doing
it for many years.


Never heard of it before, haven't traveled abroad enough to need it. So
they just tape new ones in? You'd think that would raise concerns about
forging the extra ones.


The forging would have to include the DOS seal.