Who here has a passport?

[Svnla]

Originally posted by: Kenazo

Originally posted by: Svnla
When you are visiting a third world country, a passport will help you tremendously if you ever get in trouble.

If you will visit China, I recommend you make a copy or two of your passport. Leave the original in a safe place and take the copy with you whenever you travel in China <just in case it may get lost>.

<<-------- have one, need to update it because it is over 10 years old.

Anyone knows the cost of update a passport?

Keep in mind you need your original to clear customs/enter the country etc. Don't try leaving your original at home in the US and enter China w/ a copy. It's not going to happen.

That's what I mean. Keep the original at a safe place when you travel oversea. Don't put the original passport while you running around in another country.

 

[kalster]

IMO its better to keep it with you than leave it at a hotel room or watever, nothing is worse than loosing a passport in a foreign country.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato
Is there any point of having one if you never plan on leaving US soil?

I had missed an opportunity for a job once because I did not have one. It was not planned, but just fell my way.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have been all over and have never needed a visa. There are not a whole lot of countries (that you want to visit) that don't accept a US passport for entry - we spend too many tourism dollars for most countries to care. China is a notable exception

You had a "visa", it's just that tourist visas don't usually require any paperwork.