So I recently renewed my USA passport and on a recent trip I got a bunch of the unofficial passport stamps from national parks.
Now I’ve had many of these ‘novelty’ stamps in my last passport and never had any problem. However, the lady who novelty stamped my passport this last time warned me that it’s a $2500 fine for EACH novelty stamp, no one else has ever mentions this (I have 6 now). At first I was not sure what she was talking about but then I did a little research on it and it seems these stamps can cause quite an issue in some countries and interfere with travel, etc. There was a pretty recent article of a woman who got seriously hassled for her Machu Picchu stamp.
So I basically wanna get a new passport even though I literally just renewed it. I was wondering if I should just try and renew it the same way I did when it was about to expire cuz I can just do that way by mail by sending in my current passport. Or should I say I lost this passport and just have then invalidate it and do the in-person passport application all over again?
The way I see it is I basically have to get a new passport. It’s just not worth it to take the chance on either getting fined or have the hassle of not being able to fly home from some other country due to some immigration officer giving me a hard time because of my stamps invalidating my passport.
Thanks in advance!
Submitted July 15, 2021 at 10:17PM by Mefloquine_Dreams https://ift.tt/3enFg2h
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