Government Regulations

Frequent Travelers: Tip to Save Passport Pages and a Renewal Cost

Renewing your passport is expensive, but now that there’s a hefty new $82 fee for adding pages, it’s almost a better deal to just go ahead and apply for a US passport renewal. Plus, there are limits to how many pages you can get added to your passport before you have to get a new one.

If you’d prefer to put off the day of reckoning for as long as possible, here’s a tip courtesy of Gadling’s Grant Martin:

“One way to conserve space though is at immigration on the way back into the United States.

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Too Many Passport Stamps, Apply for an Early US Passport Renewal

When you run out of pages in your passport, you have to get more pages added or you won’t be allowed to travel. Usually, adding pages is no big deal-in fact, until just this summer, the government didn’t even charge for it.

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Lost Passport Leaves American Begging in Thailand

For Dean Mancuso, an American traveling in Thailand, a lost passport was more than just a temporary inconvenience. It actually left him stranded in Thailand, begging from other Americans in order to support his Thai wife and his two daughters.

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The History of the Passport Application

It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when you didn’t have to fill out a passport application to travel internationally. In fact, passports weren’t required for international travel until the first World War, though governments had been issuing passports or “documents of safe conduct” for centuries prior.

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New Passports For Citizens Born to Midwives Near the Border

*The passport fees have recently changed. As of April 2nd, 2018, the passport acceptance fee has gone up from $25 to $35.

US citizens born to midwives near the US-Mexican border will get a chance to get new passports next month by applying at special mobile units set up by the Department of State.

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US Passport Requirements for the Canadian Backcountry

At 5,525 miles long, the US/Canadian border is the longest border in the world. Not all of that border is paved-some is mountain wilderness, some of it empty prairie, and some of the border runs along the Great Lakes.

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Mexico To Delay New Passport Requirements In Baja California

The Mexican government just announced that they will hold off enforcing new regulations requiring US citizens to show their passports to get into the country, at least in some areas. According to the San Diego Union Tribune, the new rules will go into effect on March 1st for other parts of Mexico, but not for Baja California, because “Mexico lacks the infrastructure to enforce the regulations at busy ports such as San Ysidro and Otay Mesa.”

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Blog Entries on Government Regulations

Frequent Travelers: Tip to Save Passport Pages and a Renewal Cost

Too Many Passport Stamps, Apply for an Early US Passport Renewal

Lost Passport Leaves American Begging in Thailand

The History of the Passport Application

New Passports For Citizens Born to Midwives Near the Border

US Passport Requirements for the Canadian Backcountry

Mexico To Delay New Passport Requirements In Baja California

Expedite Your Passport

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