> > The DIMIA states that your current passport must be valid for two
> > years at the time of making your application (ok that makes sense).
> > The UK Passport Office says that you cannot renew your current
> > passport until it is valid for less than nine months (ok that
> > makes sense).
> > My passport is currently valid for seventeen months (no sense at
> > all).
> > Has anyone else been in this situation and how did you resolve it?
> > All comments appreciated.
>
> well, I've got a 48 page passport with 8 years validity left in it,
> but
> I am going to have to renew it soon as it only has 3 double pages left
> in it, and the country that I live in states that you need 4 double
> pages left to renew employment & residency visas.
>
> this has happened to me before - dont think I have ever had a passport
> that has lasted more than 4 years :D
>
> waaaay too many visa stamps! ;) :D
> (Russia is the worst - one whole page visa, with separate pages for
> exit
> and entry stamps. Australia is a pain in the arse as well, as the
> immigration guys & gals for some reason love stamping a brand spanking
> clean double page with one single poxy entry stamp..... grrrrrr)
>
> it's not a problem. just send the old one in with the new application,
> and a couple of weeks later your new one arrives along with your old
> one
> with the corner snipped off and (sometimes) a "cancelled" stamp in it.
>
> --
I am so jealous no matter how many times we go abroad except for USA
we never get stamps. Although we once went to Norway and landed on a
rock (I'm serious ) we were on a boat and it moored near a rock and
this immigration man appeared from nowhere in freezing temperatures
and stamped our passport and then buggered off back behind the rock.
Very surreal.
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