Did I just make another huge mistake?

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: March 4, 2009

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Man, I’m having a rough week. As if my last mistake wasn’t bad enough, I think I may have made another one. While trying to distract myself from studying for mid-terms for a moment, I decided to take a look at my passport, only to realize I only have one blank box left, in addition to the “Amendments and Endorsement” pages in the back. I plan on entering Canada, Hong Kong, and the Philippines during this trip. My plan was to schedule an appointment at either the Hong Kong or Manila Embassy to add pages to my passport, since I hear it’s pretty painless internationally. The question is, can they either stamp between the boxes or on the last three pages of the passport in the meantime, or am I in trouble?

I’ve tried searching this online, but I haven’t been able to find anything definitive.

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danielb6752 Guest

March 8, 2009, 4:28 pm

Smart trying to do it internationally. Here in Chicago you have to make an appointment and pay something like $150 (the same as the expedite fee) to have pages added. The process sucks, you show up for your appointment, wait in a line for an hour, hand your stuff over, then wait another 3 days, do the hour-long line again, and finally get it back.

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MatthewLAX Member

March 8, 2009, 3:03 am

I just ran into a similar problem this week and "just showed up" at the American consulate in SYD on Friday. They handled me immediately and I was out in ten minutes with a new section stitched into my passport. As others have mentioned, if your passport is full the immigration officers will stamp between the lines, but it should be very easy process to get the pages added in HK. I am looking forward to your trip report!

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Ric Garrido Guest

March 6, 2009, 12:32 pm

I find going to a US Embassy an interesting experience. I've gone to Bangkok and Amsterdam for page additions. The longest part of the process seems to be getting through security checkpoints.

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deborah linder Guest

March 5, 2009, 9:04 pm

I added pages to my U.S. passport in HK in June. The U.S. Embassy was near the Peak tram. With an appointment, the process took 20 minutes with no fee. Gotta love HK.

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FCO_SFO Guest

March 5, 2009, 11:21 am

I added pages in Rome earlier this year. Took all of 30 minutes, but save yourself some time by printing the form from the State.gov website and filling it out ahead of time. Don't forget to go to the consulate side of the embassy.

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