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Hey, gang! I just found out that you can get 3 sets of extra pages inserted into US passports. I thought it was only once--hah--I was just told otherwise by our visa company! YAY!!
Granted, you still have to pay for each set of pages, but much better than getting a new passport every few years. Not a bad deal to keep my visas and my gorgeous photo that shows how "young" I am...
What is the cost?
$82 each time
what sucks for me was I still had time left on my Chinese visa but my Passport expired in 7 months, so it didn't make sense to add the pages when I had to fork over $140 in 7 months anyway :mad:
I don't know for sure about Chinese visas as I haven't looked, but most visas are valid to their expiration date, even if the passport has expired.
Example, my Brazil visa is valid for 5 years after my passport expires. Once my current passport expires, I can enter Brazil with my new passport and expired passport w/ visa in it.
Avs is right about Brasil--I'd guess China is same but not certain. New Brasil visas can be 10 years now--similar to Argentine and Chilean arrival "tax" (now enforced at land borders and airports, BTW)
Thanks, but this is what they have on the Chinese Embassy website - sounds like more money more money :
20. I get a new passport, but I have a valid Chinese visa in my old passport. Can I travel with both passports to China without applying for a new visa?Answer: It is not necessary to travel with two passports. If your passport has expired or is going to expire in 6 months or less, you should apply for a new visa with your new passport.
I call it MAO MONEY.
Lol
Hmm, this is interesting. Just checked TIMATIC, the immigration requirements database IATA keeps. Assuming US nationality, I see this line:
VALID VISAS OR RESIDENT PERMITS IN EXPIRED PASSPORTS ARE
ACCEPTED PROVIDED HOLDING VALID PASSPORT OF THE SAME
NATIONALITY
Maybe the embassy website is a little out of date? I think that this is kept pretty well updated, since outdated info would be a huge liability for the airlines.
Is this under a section talking about getting a visa?Quote:
Originally Posted by ohrass
I trust Timatic 100%, as do all the IATA member airlines, which is somewhere around....maybe....ALL airlines..
It sounds like there are 2 possibliities. The first being that the above is just worded wrong, whether as a translation oopsey or to squeeze more money from us yanks. Is the above from a chinese govt website, or a visa processing service?
The second is the text above is in reference to getting a new visa. Basically saying, if you're applying for a Chinese visa, but your passport expires w/i 6 months, go ahead and get a new passport first, then come back and get a visa in it.
I found it at
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ #20