Do you have a passport?

@anna728 (1499)
United States
August 3, 2009 5:28pm CST
I got my first passport a couple years ago for a trip to France. It is expensive to get one! And kind of a hassle... good things it lasts a long time. Mine at least came in the mail pretty quickly, too. So do you have a passport? Is it current? Is it convenient for you to get one or is it expensive and a hassle like it was for me?
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
3 Aug 09
Hi anna, I've had a passport ever since I can remember but it's a pretty sad looking document these days as it remains blank, no fancy stamps on pages to remind you where you've been like there used to be, just an empty document implying you've been nowhere. Why? Because they don't stamp them between Europeam countries anymore. Mine is good for 10 years then expensive to renew and as you say a hassle.
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
3 Aug 09
Yes I do and was lucky because my company paid for it! I'm from the usa and we were working in Mexico at a General Motors Plant. We used to go back and forth from Detroit that was before they were required. Something happened while I was there working, I think one of their contractors did something wrong, but anyhow all of a sudden they required everyone to have one. I found a place online that got them in 48hrs. my company paid for it and it was sent right to the plant in Mexico I still go back and forth from there a lot so that's a good thing tdemex
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Aug 09
Mine was easy to get and there was not hassle involved at all...it is up to date and ready to use when I need it!
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@playapal (894)
• United States
3 Aug 09
I got my first passport in 2003. It wasn't a big hassle, I had to get photo's taken at a special little photo store. Go to the post office and get a form, fill it out and mail it off, it cost me about $100 then and it is good for 10 years. I have used mine a lot because I moved to Mexico from the US and need it to go back and forth. I have used it to go to Belize as well. I would love to travel to Europe but it is pretty expensive to fly there from Mexico.
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@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
3 Aug 09
Yes, I have a valid passport. Initially, I felt it difficult to get them. I have to ask about some of the procedures and I have queued. I use the passport the first time to Singapore.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
4 Aug 09
I have a passport. I make sure my passport is always on date as I travel a lot. What I don´t have now is a visa to enter the US. I have always had visas to enter the US that lasted 10 years. It was very convenient. Now things are a lot more difficult so I have to think about it many times before I decide to have the US as the place for my vacations. It is expensive, they are charging a special fee for people from other countries to enter AND there´s the visa to get. Quite a hassle, I would say. So I´m setting my eyes in South America or Europe as my next trip.
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
I have a passport since I am living in a foreign country. It has been easy for me to acquire it since our country uses automated system. You can also apply online or call on phone, they will deliver it after 9 working days. It is just simplified now, unlike before. My passport application is no that expensive, since I am only renewing it. If I have to apply for a new one, then they will add some amount, but still not that expensive. It depends also how many pages you would like your passport to have, so i choose a passport that has more pages since its expiration is 6 years. I do travel back and forth ,so i needed those pages.
@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
5 Aug 09
I got my passport a back in 2004. I got it for a trip to the Phillipines and used it two time for that country. It did cost me some money as well. for now it functions as a extra ID and is sill current.
• India
4 Aug 09
It was quite an achievement to get one actually for me. My first police report was incomplete, they themselves know for what! I applied again with the same documents and it got cleared! That's India for you! All official government work here takes a lot of time and the workers are lazy idiots.
• China
12 Aug 09
I got my passport three years ago for a trip to Thailand. ... But I didn't go there at last! I am very sad for that. So I have a passport but I never go aboard. Hope I can have a trip oversea next year.
@lheng18 (93)
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
i already have my passport a years a go, sad to say ill lost it, now i am preparing to got other one in DFA, much time needed much money to spend but its okey i miss it already.
• Philippines
4 Aug 09
I got mine 2 years ago through an agency. I don't have time to process it myself so I paid a travel agency to fix it for me. It's not so expensive here in my country. Falling in line to process your passport would be a pain in the butt.
• India
4 Aug 09
no not a good luck for me i am not get any passport right now.i have applied for it and i think that i will get it soon....by the way i am told that carrying passport is very convenient to many places.......does this is true ???????? need help on this..........
• China
4 Aug 09
no
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
4 Aug 09
Yes, I have three, but only two are current and up to date, the other one is expired. The expired one is from the country where I was born, so I am proud of it and have no intentions to get rid of it. The second one is from the place where I am living at the moment and it is practical to have it, but I don't feel attached to it and would get rid of it if it wasn't so convenient to have. The third one is from a place where I chose to become a citizen and where I would like to return to stay there some day soon! There is a fourth passport I would not mind having, but I never got a passport from that country, even though I lived there for many years, something that I now regret not doing!
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug 09
Since I was 14 years old I have always had a passport in date. At first I had a British Visitors Pass. Then I got my fist full passport. It had a hard black colored cover. I had many stamps in it and it went on loads of trips so didn't look in the best condition for long. I got my second full passport and it had a soft red cover. In it I got evidence of a trip to Israel. I was therefore delighted to get a new passport in 2005. It is red with a soft cover. The cost of a passport is quite a lot for one adult so think of the amount for a large family. My passport lasts ten years but my toddler son's only lasts five years. His passport photo was taken when he was a baby. I need to get a passport for my baby daughter now.
@ashar123 (2357)
• India
4 Aug 09
I also got my passport a couple of years ago in 2007 and it is valid till 2012. Here in Pakistan, getting passport and ID card is full of hassle. Thanks God I got mine easily. I have not travelled anywhere on my passport yet but I think I have to use it in near coming future.
@dangaroo (234)
4 Aug 09
I'm already on my 3rd passport, the first one expired, the second one was eaten by my dog (he was a puppy at the time), I was actually due to go away two days later and couldn't because of this bad dog! Getting a new passport is always quite costly but I found that applying for one isn't so bad once you've already had one.
• Malaysia
4 Aug 09
i do have a passport. it is for my trip to Singapore 4 years ago, and it cost me around RM300 and is consider very expensive. It only valid for five years, and next year will be expiring... So far i only used it once!
@yelrihs (298)
• Australia
4 Aug 09
yeah i do, it is very expensive to make, long process, but because im living overseas, i have to have one..