i remember i am supposed to go to that little room on the side, grab a number, pay a fee(?) and they do it right then and there and give it back to me the same day... is that correct? what time do they go to lunch at the US Embassy?

They do it while you wait. Takes less than 1 hour. Last time I did it, it took about 15 minutes. No cost, free.

Edited May 12, 200818 yr by jstumbo

How many times can you add pages to a US passport?

this will be my second add. i dont know if there is a limit, i hope not.

thx

I added my 4th set a couple of weeks ago. Around 125 pages now. They have not said anything about a limit. Makes it kind of hard to get into my pocket now.

Edited May 12, 200818 yr by jstumbo

I added my 4th set a couple of weeks ago. Around 125 pages now. They have not said anything about a limit. Makes it kind of hard to get into my pocket now.

4 is very impressive and very close to the record of 5 I've seen in an intrepid traveler's passport. It looked like a copy of "War and Peace".

As stated previously, the most amazing aspect of additional passport pages is that they are FREE!.... That's an extremely rare occurrence when dealing with the American Embassy.

Edited May 13, 200818 yr by sriracha john

So how many blank pages do you need to get back into Thailand? It seems one ought to do it.

Have never seen 5 sets, my last passport had 3 sets in it. Have been told 4 is the limit (by soneone that had 4), but have never seen anything official. As it expired before the last set was done, didn't have to test it. Current one has 2 sets already since last summer, mostly due to full page Indonesia visas.

TH

Have never seen 5 sets, my last passport had 3 sets in it. Have been told 4 is the limit (by soneone that had 4), but have never seen anything official. As it expired before the last set was done, didn't have to test it. Current one has 2 sets already since last summer, mostly due to full page Indonesia visas.

TH

I just got my new passport a while back and it has a measly 24 pages.  No way that will last for 10 years, even though many non banana republic countries now aren't stamping.

There's now an online appointment system, though for the time being it's optional. But if you have an appointment, you don't have to take a number.

http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service.html

Have never seen 5 sets, my last passport had 3 sets in it. Have been told 4 is the limit (by soneone that had 4), but have never seen anything official. As it expired before the last set was done, didn't have to test it. Current one has 2 sets already since last summer, mostly due to full page Indonesia visas.

TH

I just got my new passport a while back and it has a measly 24 pages.  No way that will last for 10 years, even though many non banana republic countries now aren't stamping.

And the first 3 pages are used by Immigration moving your visa extension and re-entry permit....

TH