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I just filled out U.S. form DS-82. "DS" stands for Department of State, I am guessing. The "82" means that this form has 81 happy cousins in front of it.
The DS-82 is also known as the Application for a U.S. Passport by Mail. It all seems so easy. You just fill out the form and *wa-la* you get your new passport in your mailbox in 4-6 weeks.
Check it out --> I rode the Channel Tunnel train soon after it opened. It's a hyped up experience, but convenient nonetheless.
The kicker is that you have to send them your old passport to get your new passport. (BOOOO).
Yes, the passport I have held for 10 years will soon say adieu and be retired to the National Passport Center in Pittsburgh. It's a sad, humble end to the last 10 years of gleeful globetrotting.
Sure, I thought about the possibility of feigning that I lost my passport in order to retain it as a keepsake. That scheme, however, ultimately leads to more hassle than is worth. If you claim to have lost your passport, you have to go to the State Department's nearest office in person to fill out the DS-11 (that's 71 forms ahead of the ol' DS-82!). If you claim it was stolen, you have to provide a police report. It's really onerous. Next, you take the almost certain risk of lying to a federal agent about a matter of citizenship which in today's day and age might get you detained - or ruin some aspect of your life down the road when you are running for public office or something. I can see the headlines now, "Candidate suspected of fraudlent passport scandal - bypassed system for selfish keepsake remeberance - probable risks to national security to be exposed."
Visa to Turkey in August 2001. Good thing we didn't plan the trip for September...To the left is evidence of this summer's Bangkok-Krabi Province excursion.
So I am handing it over, though reluctantly, and hoping the next ten years are as miraculous and full of discovery as the last ten years.
Greatest trip of all time --> who can argue with hangliding down to Rio's beaches from the top of a mountain on one's 25th birthday?
The DS-82 is also known as the Application for a U.S. Passport by Mail. It all seems so easy. You just fill out the form and *wa-la* you get your new passport in your mailbox in 4-6 weeks.
Check it out --> I rode the Channel Tunnel train soon after it opened. It's a hyped up experience, but convenient nonetheless.
The kicker is that you have to send them your old passport to get your new passport. (BOOOO).
Yes, the passport I have held for 10 years will soon say adieu and be retired to the National Passport Center in Pittsburgh. It's a sad, humble end to the last 10 years of gleeful globetrotting.
Sure, I thought about the possibility of feigning that I lost my passport in order to retain it as a keepsake. That scheme, however, ultimately leads to more hassle than is worth. If you claim to have lost your passport, you have to go to the State Department's nearest office in person to fill out the DS-11 (that's 71 forms ahead of the ol' DS-82!). If you claim it was stolen, you have to provide a police report. It's really onerous. Next, you take the almost certain risk of lying to a federal agent about a matter of citizenship which in today's day and age might get you detained - or ruin some aspect of your life down the road when you are running for public office or something. I can see the headlines now, "Candidate suspected of fraudlent passport scandal - bypassed system for selfish keepsake remeberance - probable risks to national security to be exposed."
Visa to Turkey in August 2001. Good thing we didn't plan the trip for September...To the left is evidence of this summer's Bangkok-Krabi Province excursion.
So I am handing it over, though reluctantly, and hoping the next ten years are as miraculous and full of discovery as the last ten years.
Greatest trip of all time --> who can argue with hangliding down to Rio's beaches from the top of a mountain on one's 25th birthday?
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