Sunday, May 4, 2008

101 in 1001-- Item #75-- Renew My Passport

Why I Chose This Goal: My old passport expired in April and i needed a new one. Afterall- how can I get to Italy without one?

What I did: The Passport people made this pianless and easy. Since I already had a passport, I went online to:

http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/get/get_840.html




and filled out the application form and placed my old passport, new form and passport fee into an envelope and mailed it off. It took less than a month to recieve it.

It arrived in yesterday's mail (whooa... .we just had a little earthquake action- a 3.7 about 35 miles away). The new one's are e-passports (electronic) and they have a small microchip in each that can be accessed through radio frequency. It's supposed to "speed" your way through customs. They suggest putting this into a RF secure cover so your info (and whereabouts) can't be stolen.

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