Next week I will renew my passport.
By marguicha
@marguicha (215325)
Chile
June 22, 2019 12:19pm CST
Nowadays getting a passport is quite expensive here. It used to last 10 years, but now you have to renew it after only 5 years.
My passport has to be renewed before I go to Aruba as the date ended a few days ago and We Chilean need a passport for Aruba.
I can go to several South American countries with just my I.D. but not to Aruba, so near the coasts of South America.
Some things get cheaper and other more expensive. Air fare is much cheaper than what it used to be, but a little piece of paper costs more. And long ago, I used to look forward to meals aboard. Now they are the worst you can imagine.
My holidays are starting, little by little. Some things in my mind, othersin preparations.
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@1creekgirl (40488)
• United States
22 Jun 19
We just got our first passports here in the US. They were $145 for each of us, plus $30 for the photos. Hope you'll enjoy your vacations.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
23 Jun 19
@JustBhem It is an island at the Caribbean.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
22 Jun 19
In September. I´ll go to Aruba for 2 weeks.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jun 19
@marguicha
Wow. Is it a nice place?
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@snowy22315 (169832)
• United States
22 Jun 19
Aruba will be great! How is your daughter? I got my birthcertificate, but I am not eligibile for a PP renewal since mine expired 10 years ago. Not sure when I am gonna have that cash available because I am wanting to switch internet providers and it costs some extra money initially.
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@snowy22315 (169832)
• United States
22 Jun 19
@marguicha Well hopefully everything will be OK. We can only renew ours with a lower fee if if it has been expired for less than 5 or 10 years.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
22 Jun 19
@snowy22315 Here it is the same high fee whether it has expired for a long or short time.
@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
22 Jun 19
My daughter has to rest for a long while now. Surgery is the first part of her recovery. Here we can renew our passports when we want to, provided we have not done any wrong and provided we pay.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
24 Jun 19
It is irritating. There are many people that need passports to work.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
25 Jun 19
@LadyDuck Back guys travel all over the world. People like us, who would not steal a pin, have to fill lots of papers.
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@LadyDuck (457871)
• Switzerland
25 Jun 19
@marguicha Yes, we had to renew our Italian passport to renew our ID in Monte Carlo. Here the Italian ID is enough.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
23 Jun 19
I don´t know if it depends on the country. As for food in planes, every day the space is smaller and the food is worse.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
24 Jun 19
@just4him I know. But in a long flight, there should be decent food. And there should be 2 alternatives, one for vegetarians.
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@just4him (305853)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jun 19
@marguicha That's a shame about the food. I know if it's a short flight, they don't offer it any longer.
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@parpande (1515)
• Bangalore, India
23 Jun 19
@marguicha Validity of indian passports lasts till 10 years , I ll need to renew it upcoming 2021. Perhaps in India the charges are not too high to be concerned about either.
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@parpande (1515)
• Bangalore, India
24 Jun 19
@marguicha That seems really high .
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Jun 19
I thought passport rules were international. Here we renew our passports every 10 years unless it has changed here too. I better check.
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@JESSY3236 (18886)
• United States
25 Jun 19
I never had a passport. I would love to have one if I ever get to go Paris.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
25 Jun 19
Some countries ask for passports and others don´t.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jun 19
Focus on the good times ahead on vacation.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I do not have a passport. I hope you have fun on your trip.
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