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Karen
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Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
I discovered that if your passport is more than 1 year old, even something as simple as a name change requires you to apply for a new passport!! They treat it pretty much like you never had one before - you have to redo everything - application, photos ($15), $67 application fee (plus postage) 
The guy did say if you are married within 1 year of the issue of your passport, they will process it for free. So if anyone has a new passport and has to change your name - do it quick!!!
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Posted 11/18/06 10:33 AM  |
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
the "free" change of name on a passport within a year will cost you:
$8 for new pics
$10-$15 for fed ex or whatever carrier you use with tracking service
$10 for a copy of a marriage cert (there was no chance I was sending in the original!)
total cost for the "free passport" - $30
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| Posted 11/18/06 10:41 AM |
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Karen
Just chillin'!!
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
passports are quite the cash cow for the US govt!!
why the heck do you need new pics if you're within 1 year of your passport??? have you changed that much???
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| Posted 11/18/06 10:42 AM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
Posted by Karen
passports are quite the cash cow for the US govt!!
why the heck do you need new pics if you're within 1 year of your passport??? have you changed that much???
it's a total scam!  but I have to say, the process was easy enough and I had the new one within 2-3 weeks.
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| Posted 11/18/06 10:57 AM |
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suvenR
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
Is this something new?
I update mine in 2004 (passport was 3 years old at that time). I didn't pay a penny.
I just mailed it in with a name change application. They typed my new name on the back cover and sent it back to me approx 2 weeks later.
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| Posted 11/18/06 1:04 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
Posted by suvenR
Is this something new?
I update mine in 2004 (passport was 3 years old at that time). I didn't pay a penny.
I just mailed it in with a name change application. They typed my new name on the back cover and sent it back to me approx 2 weeks later.
That's what I did. I got married in 2002, so I guess I did it then or early 2003. I think my passport was less than a year old because I only got it just before we left for Spain on our honeymoon.
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| Posted 11/18/06 1:19 PM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Passport Vent (and PSA)!!
Posted by suvenR
Is this something new?
I update mine in 2004 (passport was 3 years old at that time). I didn't pay a penny.
I just mailed it in with a name change application. They typed my new name on the back cover and sent it back to me approx 2 weeks later.
I think so. Now you get a brand new passport, not a name change note on a page of the original.
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| Posted 11/18/06 2:51 PM |
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