Fees Rising for U.S. Passports

[milimelo 4,477]

The current fees are $95. So it went up $15, no big whoop. Now, the USPS raising the price of a stamp to $.46! That's just crazy talk!

Diana

Actually, it's going to be $135 as you forgot to include the acceptance fee (for first time filers). $110 for passport then 25 for acceptance fee.

Also, additional pages now will cost $82 and before they were free.

[Fandango 1,439]

It's $30 or so more, worst case scenario. Not exactly 'break the bank'.

Also, if you request extra pages at the time of application, they're still free.

[TBoneTX 45,287]

Well, spent just the $75 for standard processing of a renewal passport book (described as 4 to 6 weeks) with mail-back by regular postage. Put a $2 stamp on a cardboard envelope, dropped my old passport + application materials into a mailbox around June 23, & waited. Signed up for the on-line status update, which was timely & accurate. On Saturday, July 24, got the old passport back (with two holes punched in it & my spare "new" passport-sized photo stapled inside), & the new passport arrived on Monday, July 26, si man. The new one allegedly has an electronic chip in it, & the book is far stiffer (less flexible) than the old one was. I don't like the backgrounds of the pages, but the book is good until 20 July 2020, si man.

This goes to show that, unless one needs to travel in a hurry, there's no need to pay the quite high fees for "expedited processing," no man.