passport...grrrr

creeky · Post by **creeky** » August 3, 2007 9:13 pm

Well my renewal was a breeze ... but I am $200 poorer for it ...

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » August 3, 2007 9:45 pm

I don't have a passport

cause we never leave the USA

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 3, 2007 9:47 pm

a note to those needing a passport renewal or a new passport that is within ONE year of going somewhere.... apply NOW

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » August 3, 2007 9:48 pm

Rick is right, apply NOW.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 3, 2007 9:50 pm

Elrod wrote:Rick is right, apply NOW.

holy crap dude.. don't agree with me

creeky · Post by **creeky** » August 3, 2007 9:57 pm

We only gotta do ours at least two weeks before

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 3, 2007 9:59 pm

creeky wrote:We only gotta do ours at least two weeks before

that's cuz you guys were formed from a bunch of British rejects and they know you're prone to criminal instincts and can't ban the lot of ya ... LOL

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » August 3, 2007 11:04 pm

12vmanRick wrote:
Elrod wrote:Rick is right, apply NOW.
holy crap dude.. don't agree with me

Forget about agreeing with you, the shocking part is where he said "Rick is right".

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 3, 2007 11:05 pm

IrishPirate wrote:I don't have a passport cause we never leave the USA

I need to break down and get one..

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » August 3, 2007 11:08 pm

ragtopW wrote:
IrishPirate wrote:I don't have a passport cause we never leave the USA
I need to break down and get one..

I got mine in 1991 and renewed it in 2001. The trip to Anguilla back in March was the first time I ever used it, 16 years after I got it.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 3, 2007 11:12 pm

LIPH wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:
Elrod wrote:Rick is right, apply NOW.
holy crap dude.. don't agree with me
Forget about agreeing with you, the shocking part is where he said "Rick is right".

so f'in true Lar!!!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » August 3, 2007 11:13 pm

LIPH wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
IrishPirate wrote:I don't have a passport cause we never leave the USA
I need to break down and get one..
I got mine in 1991 and renewed it in 2001. The trip to Anguilla back in March was the first time I ever used it, 16 years after I got it.

better to have one sit in the drawer and not need it for a while
then miss a chance to take a trip...

IrishPirate · Post by **IrishPirate** » August 3, 2007 11:17 pm

ragtopW wrote:
LIPH wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
IrishPirate wrote:I don't have a passport cause we never leave the USA
I need to break down and get one..
I got mine in 1991 and renewed it in 2001. The trip to Anguilla back in March was the first time I ever used it, 16 years after I got it.
better to have one sit in the drawer and not need it for a while
then miss a chance to take a trip...

I guess having a passport would make my Tahiti dream a little more vivid!

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » August 3, 2007 11:32 pm

Nicole and mine is about 5 yrs old right now.. we got some time

one thing I gotta say is this

I don't feel sorry for those that waited til the last minute. I don't feel that the rules should have been changed to accomodate those that were lazy and waited.. screw them.. they should have lost the money they paid ahead of time. They knew the new rules in effect or I can tell you that these days all travel agencies/affiliates sent many fliers/emails/phone calls to tell these people, get your passport.

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » August 4, 2007 8:08 am

Don't have one, but need one
Will be going to Mexico November"ish" of '08
But all ready have the forms and will start filling them out soon

creeky · Post by **creeky** » August 4, 2007 8:42 am

12vmanRick wrote:
creeky wrote:We only gotta do ours at least two weeks before
that's cuz you guys were formed from a bunch of British rejects and they know you're prone to criminal instincts and can't ban the lot of ya ... LOL

True ... according to the rest of the world ... though most of the people were free settlers ... however ... we mended our ways and have a lower crime rate than most western countries

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » August 4, 2007 8:43 am

PIA wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:Since 9/11......I am a big advocate of making it as difficult as possible to get in or out of the good old US of A. SO ...... while I am sorry that you had a cruddy time of it.... I am glad to see they are enforcing strict regulations.

I dont understand why you couldnt smile tho...you have a pretty smile!

thank you....

the man told me so they could see my eye color... thats another thing the lady at the PO was complaining about my first picture...

your eye color changes when you smile?!?

creeky · Post by **creeky** » August 4, 2007 8:46 am

flipflopgirl wrote:
PIA wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:Since 9/11......I am a big advocate of making it as difficult as possible to get in or out of the good old US of A. SO ...... while I am sorry that you had a cruddy time of it.... I am glad to see they are enforcing strict regulations.

I dont understand why you couldnt smile tho...you have a pretty smile!

thank you....

the man told me so they could see my eye color... thats another thing the lady at the PO was complaining about my first picture...

your eye color changes when you smile?!?

No smiling in passport pictures - they want you to look like a total criminal

I had to take my glasses off so they could see my eyes - pretty stupid when my glasses are always on

However, 10 years later - I look younger in these pictures

caly · Post by **caly** » August 4, 2007 9:09 am

In Canada they are only good for 5 years.
When we got our first passport, we did all the paper work, drove to downtown London (half-hour) had everything approved and told to come back in 2 weeks. We did and they said to check it over. My husbands was spelled wrong. Within 10 minutes they had a brand new one made up.
Second was no problem and third was just time consuming. Waited about 1 hour in the office, but then they sent it to us via courier.
We go in Dec of 2008, so we have a little breathing room.

I applied for a job there at the first of this year. My job now is customer service in a bank and has been for 10 years. I have been to almost every Caribbean Island, Mexico a few times, Cuba a few times and all over the US. They told me I didn't have enough customer service experience and enough travel experience. Funny thing is that when the email came....I was in Cuba.
They did tell me if I was an ethnic minority or had a physical disability to re-apply.
Don't think that didn't p*** me off.
Feelin you pain pia!

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » August 4, 2007 9:27 am

I use mine every time I fly as my ID, even domestically. Seems to make it easier when checking in and through security. Everyting is standardized on a US passport so they know where to look, unlike a license that changes from state to state.