TIL that there are some small words, one being Endorsements, on the last three pages of an American passport.   Immigration said they can't stamp on those pages.  OK, thanks for the heads up.   I got my 1.5 pages of stamps recently, and I have room for one more extension stamp.   That puts me until mid-November if I want to cut it close.  I do not.  I'll have to get a new passport shortly.  This will be my third passport in the last ten years.  Many countries, gotta travel.

 

I have no idea how many of you wait until the last page, but I have a feeling someone does.   Just make sure.   If I went to Laos, got my billionth full-page stamp, then I might have had to get an emergency passport and ...........  ah, no harm no foul.    

 

Note to self:  mid-July, send out passport.   I'd sent it tomorrow but I have to travel at the end of the month and would like my passport.  lol.   

 

noted

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

TIL that there are some small words, one being Endorsements, on the last three pages of an American passport.   Immigration said they can't stamp on those pages.  OK, thanks for the heads up.   I got my 1.5 pages of stamps recently, and I have room for one more extension stamp.   That puts me until mid-November if I want to cut it close.  I do not.  I'll have to get a new passport shortly.  This will be my third passport in the last ten years.  Many countries, gotta travel.

 

I have no idea how many of you wait until the last page, but I have a feeling someone does.   Just make sure.   If I went to Laos, got my billionth full-page stamp, then I might have had to get an emergency passport and ...........  ah, no harm no foul.    

 

Note to self:  mid-July, send out passport.   I'd sent it tomorrow but I have to travel at the end of the month and would like my passport.  lol.   

 

noted

 

 

 

I used to get new passports when down to 5 pages left.  Usually got one every 2-3 years between 85 and 2016

I miss those fold out pages of the 80's....lol

 

Now I travel less and last ones did it after 8 years

 

used to be able to buy new pages, that's OK.  That's OK, did get pretty thick.

 

6-8 weeks to get a new passport .   Many people are saying closer to four for a new one.  gotta do it.

Same boat, must renew in July, pages full. 

Can you not get an extended passport like the Brits. I think it's 45 pages instead of 30. Of course you have to pay more.

On 6/6/2025 at 2:34 PM, Quentin Zen said:

TIL that there are some small words, one being Endorsements, on the last three pages of an American passport.   Immigration said they can't stamp on those pages.  OK, thanks for the heads up

 

3 minutes ago, LittleBear57 said:

Can you not get an extended passport like the Brits. I think it's 45 pages instead of 30. Of course you have to pay more.

I got my new US passport about 3 months ago. There are now 50 pages. Pages 8-50 can be used for visa's and other stamps. 

Back in 2018 I entered Thailand on a tourist visa.  I then applied for a non imm o visa thinking I had enough pages to get the non imm o then towards the end of the 90 days get my retirement extension before getting a new passport.  The IO pointed out that I could not use the last few pages because, as the OP pointed out, they were for endorsements not visa stamps.  I managed to get my non o then immediately got a new passport before applying for my first retirement extension.

1 hour ago, LittleBear57 said:

Can you not get an extended passport like the Brits. I think it's 45 pages instead of 30. Of course you have to pay more.

???  US passports have 50 pages , last 3 pages are GOOD for visas ( says so at the top) so total 42 pages are for visas>
one price 
 

My US passport issued in 2019 had the last three pages reserved for Endorsements but my latest passport issued in 2024 allows visa stamps on every page until the end of the book. 
 

Looks like someone figured out that endorsements didn’t need a special page and the vast majority of travelers don’t ever get endorsements so now they don’t have to waste three out of the 48 pages. 

I have a  28 page US passport  .....  the Visa pages end on #24   25/26/27 are tagged as Endorsement  ...   page 28 is a notice page

 Thai immigration has stamped  pages 9,10, then 20-21-22-23-24-25-26      They stapeled my TM47 on page 27 and TM30 on page 28

pages   8, 11thru 19 are still wide open

 

Go figure ?