Tuesday, March 24, 2009

A Tale of Two Passports

I picked up my new passport at the U.S. Consulate. It was painless. I told them that I would prefer not to cancel my old passport, as it contains my Russian visa, and they obliged.

Now that I have that taken care of, I can use the new passport number when I apply for my next visa.

I'm not quite accustomed to the new passport yet. I'm normally wary of new things, and it has a different feel.



They also managed to turn a perfectly decent photo into a monstrosity. I'm a little irked about that.




But I'm thankful.
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4 comments:

  1. MaryMarch 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    That's great it came back so fast. Hope you get to see Sacha.

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  2. ElizabethMarch 25, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    Thanks, Mary. :)

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  3. ShellyMarch 26, 2009 at 3:22 AM

    Oh wow, that is certainly not the best passport photo, I am sorry. :) But at least you have your new passport and hopefully it will make getting your visa easier. Did they stretch the photo, it barely looks like you! :)

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  4. ElizabethMarch 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    Uh oh. You know it's bad when people don't even try to pretend. :) I was trying to look serious for the Russians. The funny thing is that I didn't preview before posting, so I didn't know it would look so huge in the blog post. Embarrassing!

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