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I understand your question, OP, but the poll says 'Day you have a cpvalid passport?' ... what the heck does that mean? Should it not read .. 'Do you have a valid passport?'. In the latter case, the answer from me is yes. Two of them in fact. I could have 3 if I wanted to, but life is complicated enough with 2.
I apologized in my post for the typo, but in your rush to say how many passports you have or could have, you apparently missed that.
Work for local government. 6 years ago we were certified to be a Passport Acceptance Center.
Got my first passport - and took a cruise. Probably my last as I hated it.
But I will keep renewing. Husband and I will probably travel to Austria to see where his dad grew up when we retire. I'd like to see Italy - and eat my way through it as well.....
Children are now required to have passports if they travel outside the country so business has been brisk.
In the thread, Where can a US citizen retire outside the US?, it was posted that "The vast majority of Americans do not even have a passport, have not traveled much overseas (unless living in foxhole is counted)".
I wanted to see if that was true and from a quick Google search, learned that 1/3 of the population has a passport.
It's always brought up that posters on C-D retirement forum are not the average person. It will be interesting to see if a high number of people here have a valid passport.
Times have changed. "More Americans have passports now than ever before," says Ken Chavez, spokesperson for the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the US State Department. Over one-third of the population to be exact, or nearly 110 million out of 313 million Americans. That's more than double the number of US passports in circulation in 2000 (48 million) and around 15 times 1989’s 7 million. At that last number (under 3 percent of Americans), you can sort of understand why my European traveling buddies were scandalized.
I'm not retired (heading there in a few years) but I use this forum for learning. I have had a passport since I was 27, needed it for my job. Developed a love of travel, and I've used it many times since then. My son has had a valid passport since he was 11.
I'm not retired (heading there in a few years) but I use this forum for learning. I have had a passport since I was 27, needed it for my job. Developed a love of travel, and I've used it many times since then. My son has had a valid passport since he was 11.
Traveling overseas wasn't even a thought when I was a kid. Our DIL's parents, sister and brother are all in different countries and my grandkids have had their passports since they were infants. It's a far different world for them visiting relatives than for me as a child.
I keep mine current to avoid last minute scrambles and to be ready for any opportunity.
I had to vote no. Even though I live overseas my current passport expired last month. I have a valid carnet here in Peru so I can travel to any MERCOSUR countries with it. I may travel to the US again in September(was there this past Oct), so have plenty of time to get a new one.
I haven't traveled outside the US since July, 2001 but I still have mine because it sits in my underwear drawer to be used as a perfect secondary id should I ever lose my wallet.
Will I ever leave the country again? I would like to take another cruise but that would be it.
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"Underware drawer"??? Me too! I always know where it is, so it will never get lost.
Sounds high to me, but could be due to changes in the law.
At one time US Citizens could visit Canada, Mexico, and some places in Carribean without a passport.
Think about the 5000 people on your next cruise.
I can't remember the exact restrictions, but at some point they changed.
Maybe not to leave, but to return.
Therefore the bump.
I'm not hearing so many people vacationing or selling Europe and Asia, but I hear a lot going on cruises.
When you are married to a Euro like I am , you MUST have one , we all do in this house, my mom had my first one done when I was VERY little, we traveled alot . My 15 year old is on like her 4th one .
But it takes alot more than that to retire anywhere outside the US .
Ours expired in December, so we need to get them renewed. We don't travel much, but want to be ready if we get the opportunity. There have been many times when we've needed it for ID over the years.
The last time was just last Ostober. Hubby had inadvertently let his license lapse at just the time we were signing some mtg papers. If he hadn't brought his passport as back up, everything would have been screwed up.
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I have had a passport since I was 27, needed it for my job. Developed a love of travel, and I've used it many times since then. My son has had a valid passport since he was 11. 
