Passport Card/Passport Book

[Stella08 0]

When the passport is delivered does it have to be signed for or did they just leave it in the mailbox??

Everything arrives as regular mail in your mailbox: passport book, passport card, naturalization certificate and Social Security card... A feast for a thief

[broma25 2]

When the passport is delivered does it have to be signed for or did they just leave it in the mailbox??

Everything arrives as regular mail in your mailbox: passport book, passport card, naturalization certificate and Social Security card... A feast for a thief

Thats true....but at least its not more running around to pick them up if your not home for delivery!!

[NickD 203]

If you renew or apply for a passport book, the card is an additional $20 if gotten at the same time. If you only get one of the two now, and then decide to later add the other, then you will pay the full price again. The discount is only when done together on a first time or at renewal.

That's incorrect, as has already been pointed out in this thread. If you get only the book, you can later add the card for an additional $20.00 any time during the following 15 years. See the department of state's FAQ on their website here: http://travel.state.gov/passport/ppt_card/ppt_card_3921.html

How much will the passport card cost?

For first time applicants, the passport card will cost $45 for adults and $35 for minors under age 16. Adults with fully-valid passports issued within the last fifteen years who are eligible to submit Form DS-82 by mail, will pay only $20 for a passport card.

The $20.00 fee is also found on the current fee schedule here. http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/fees/fees_837.html

I am not even accustomed to even requiring a drivers' license and definitely not a passbook or card to go to Mexico or Canada. Been going to both for years!

What has changed?

Also accustomed to walking out my door without any form of ID, even hopping in the car, wasn't required to even carry a drivers' license, and even if stopped by the police, wasn't a problem as long as you can prove you had one, but that also was changed with recent state laws, where's my wallet? But for taking a walk and meeting my dream girl from a foreign country changed a lot of that, before going for a walk, asked her if she had her papers! We are getting just like Nazi Germany. But now that she is a USC, we don't have to be concerned about that anymore and can go for a walk without her papers.

Somehow we gotten by for years without ID's, but now we have become a paranoid nation. I have become so paranoid, took everything out of my wallet and laid it on my copying machine, so at least I could remember what's in it in case it was stolen. Got to wondering how would I call that toll free number on the back of my CC cards if they were stolen.

[broma25 2]

Passport and Certificate arrived safely today!!!

I am finally finished........

[samsbs 0]

Congrats broma

We have SS all taken care of and we are just waiting for Mariya's passport and certificate to come . They have cashed the check so we think it will come this week.

I am kind of lost not looking for something to come in the mail everyday. :jest:

[broma25 2]

Congrats broma

We have SS all taken care of and we are just waiting for Mariya's passport and certificate to come . They have cashed the check so we think it will come this week.

I am kind of lost not looking for something to come in the mail everyday. :jest:

I hear you! Maybe I will finally get some work done at work this week.....lol

Now I want to go somewhere to get a stamp in my new passport....lol