Passport question

Toon--soldier

Hi
Is there a way i can get a new passport but keep the old for ID, i know it will would have to have cancelled stamped on it, but its just that i will need ID for an upcoming trip to the America as i have only turned 21. thanks in advance

thebiglad

Toon--soldier wrote: »

Hi
Is there a way i can get a new passport but keep the old for ID, i know it will would have to have cancelled stamped on it, but its just that i will need ID for an upcoming trip to the America as i have only turned 21. thanks in advance

The old passport is returned to you - do with it as you like

lynchie

with its corners snipped too so doubt it will be accepted as valid ID in the USA. Sure just use your new passport for ID?

Ponster

lynchie wrote: »

with its corners snipped too so doubt it will be accepted as valid ID in the USA. Sure just use your new passport for ID?

Exactly. Depending on where you're going a passport may not be something they see every day (I was refused once because the guy had never owned a passport and therefore couldn't tell if mine was fake or not) and so one with clipped edges may not be accepted.

Toon--soldier

Thanks for the replys, would the new passport have the same passport number?

Ponster

Toon--soldier wrote: »

Thanks for the replys, would the new passport have the same passport number?

Nope, I don't think so.

dory

I've often wondered this about the passport number. I have a flight booked for May, but really need to get a new one before that. So do I have to contact the airline and get them to change my details?
Sorry for butting in but it's a similar issue.

spume

Irish college ID is accepted everywhere in the US from my experience. You'd be foolish to bring a passport anywhere. Identity fraud is sadly more common than petty theft in the 'states'.

Ponster

spume wrote: »

Irish college ID is accepted everywhere in the US from my experience.

Then you've been lucky. Drivers license and Military ID are the only 100% acceptable Id's when buying cigs or in a bar.

Now if you look old and had them a different form of ID you'll probably be ok.

Alessandra

They don't generally take cancelled passports in the US! But I have found that they accept studet id in most places(not Vegas though).

blubloblu

If you join the French Foreign Legion, you can get a French passport after three years or if you get injured in battle. That way you can have two valid documents at a time.

helimachoptor

Most college ID's don't have the dob on them unless you're under 18 when registering