New Passport: New Passport Number?

[Leo Jay]

My old passport expired in '97, so I had to apply for an entirely new one as opposed to a renewal -- does anyone know whether I'll have the same passport number, or whether they'll issue a new one?

[Char]

Mine are different

[CruisenOne]

We are on our third Passport.

 

Numbers have changed on each one.

 

We keep the old Passports to look at our pictures:(

[Leo Jay]

We are on our third Passport.

 

Numbers have changed on each one.

 

We keep the old Passports to look at our pictures:(

 

Really? I would have kept mine, but the application indicated that I had to turn in the old one...

:confused:

 

Anyway, thanks for the replies.

[Sandi149]

Really? I would have kept mine, but the application indicated that I had to turn in the old one...

:confused:

 

Anyway, thanks for the replies.

 

They send it back Leo Jay....I had the same problem as you because mine expired in 1995 and I never renewed it until last year. But at the time when I did my application they did send it back. Unless now they are keeping them and not sending them back.

[sedbandmom]

Really? I would have kept mine, but the application indicated that I had to turn in the old one...

:confused:

 

Anyway, thanks for the replies.

 

You will receive your old passport back with your new one. The old passport will have holes punched in it.

[Leo Jay]

They send it back Leo Jay....I had the same problem as you because mine expired in 1995 and I never renewed it until last year. But at the time when I did my application they did send it back. Unless now they are keeping them and not sending them back.

 

Thanks, Sandi and sedbandmom -- good to know -- it'll be nice to have the souvenir.

 

Glad I didn't bother renewing it when it first expired -- it would have been money down the drain, since I haven't flown overseas in over 10 years.

:)