• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    it is still very easy to get a passport. I helped a friend get theirs last month, and more over the years.

    don’t listen to any of the ignorant comments saying it’s difficult to get one; they don’t know what they’re talking about.

    you can do it online or in person at a US Post office.

    fill out the application form, takes maybe 20 minutes tops, pay the fee (165$), they take your picture, you will get your passport in the mail in a couple of weeks, it lasts for 10 years, renewable on the go from embassies and consulates.

    If you have any questions about passports or traveling, fire away.

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        As a swede in france, you can add the travel cost to Paris, only the embassy there has the biometric machine to do passports…

        Also the idiots in sweden thought 5 (yes five) years validity is a good thing.

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        yea, but $16 a year for an instant 50-90% reduced cost of living with guaranteed high-pay employment and no income tax while retaining access to consular services is a pretty good deal.

        not as good as 7 bucks a year, but I’m not exactly going to quibble over the extra ten in the face of all the benefits.