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  • #1

    How much does a passport cost you?

    I...misplaced my passport when I did a complicated four house move over the summer to get from my last student residence to my new one. Somewhere along the way, my passport went missing, a fact I only noticed last week. I've just filled out my lost passport form and submitted it and sent off a replacement form. Online government rocks.

    But this whole thing will end up costing me £66* for the joy of traveling under the protection of her Majestry.

    How much does a passport (new, replacement, or whatever) cost you?



    *£66 = $130 = CAD$151 = €98
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    edit:

    I was wrong: passports are much cheaper:

    Passport (32 pages) € 47,45
    Business passport (64 pages) € 51,90

    Replacement of a lost passport € 20,85
    Emergency handout € 40,40
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    • #3
      44 USD in a New York consulate. I bet it's cheaper here, but can't find the price anywhere.
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      • #4


        Another of New Labour's stealth taxes!

        I'm sure my last one (current) back in 2002 cost only £20 or thereabouts...
        Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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        • #5
          Mine cost about £45 in 2005. Ten year passport.
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          • #6
            It may have been more than £20, but I'm sure I would have suitably outraged if it was much more and I don't remember that particular emotion in relation to getting my passport back then...
            Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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            • #7
              59 € for the new ePass which has biometric data stored on a RFID-Chip. It´s also for ten years (as long as you are older than 26; people younger than 26 have to pay 20€ less, but get a passport that is valid for only 5 years).

              Before 2005 it was much cheaper as you only had to pay around 30 Euro.
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              • #8
                ~U$45
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                  ~80$CAN = 70$US
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                  • #10
                    No idea and none how to find out.

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                    • #11
                      a couple thousand for

                      a really good one, but if you just want one to satisfy I-9 requirements, you can get a crappy one for a few hundred dollars.
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                      • #12
                        600 DKR ~ $100 for a 10 year pass.
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                        • #13
                          Free, IIRC . You're required to get a passport when you turn 15, at the latest. That's, I think for free. Afterwards, replacing a passport (for expiration or otherwise) costs, I believe, ~10$.
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                          • #14
                            I think American ones are around $95. That's how much I had to pay last time, but prices might have changed? Especially because now they have the RFID chip, and mine (still valid) doesn't have one.
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                            • #15
                              ~50€

                              Which is **** expensive considering that we have much lower GDP/capita than rest of you who are paying ~50€.

                              However, even more annoying is when you lose the passport, which happened to me once. You have to fill out a couple of forms, you have to publish an ad in the official paper of some sort, you have to go to a police station to have an interview where they ask you questions like "did you throw a party recently? Do you hang out with suspicious types?" and then give you a confirmation that your passport is really lost or something. The whole procedure takes you easily an entire day, or two if you miss working hours of this office or that

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