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Not having my passport gives me anxiety. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/travel@lemmy.world
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Here hoping for some commiseration, if I'm being honest. Looks like travel communities on Lemmy are pretty quiet. Guess we'll see!

Yesterday I mailed in my passport for renewal. It expires in a month so it's effectively useless right now anyway, so it shouldn't matter. But I feel trapped in a way I didn't before yesterday. I hate it.

I only have a couple of friends that have traveled internationally and both of theirs have lapsed and they both have the means to travel so I'm inferring from that that it doesn't bother them in the same way.

Anyone else that does/would feel the same way?

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[–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Where are you located, I have never had to send my passport away to get a new one, I just go to the police station and request a new one.

And when I collect my new passport, I hand my old one in.

Simple as that.

I know that if you need an emergency passport you can get one at the airport in 30 or so min.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago

    I'm in the United States. I honestly don't fully understand the nuances of it myself. When I applied for my passport I did so at a post office. But you got me curious so I did a quick search and looks like they can be at clerk's offices, libraries, city halls, courthouses. So depends on where you are I guess.

    I landed on doing it this way because I found an online renewal option on https://www.usa.gov/passport which sounded convenient so I followed that process and after filling out the form it had me print it out and instructed me to mail the form, my current passport, and the processing fee. So I did.

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