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What is this thing with a burgundy passport? I have a blue one and am sort of proud of all my entrance and exit stamps I have collected in it. They want me to send it in to get a burgundy passport. I have a pink passport cover but I could get a burgundy one if I needed too. Can I just use the one I have without giving it up?
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Buzz Ok, wait. I already have a passport from when I lived overseas as a family member. It's blue. Silly me--I thought they were all blue. So, if hired, I will need to get a different/additional passport? What about my kids?
Apr 13, 2018
Hopeful The color of your passport cover is not the issue. The passport booklet itself is a different color because the burgundy color signifies something different than the blue one. You send in your current passport when you apply for the official (burgundy) passport for the same reason that you have to send in your original birth certificate when you ap...See More
Apr 13, 2018
Leo They will return your old passport to you. You'd need to do the same if renewing your old tourist passport. We even have an old green passport along with the blues...burgundy would be nice. ;)
Apr 13, 2018
Leo And congratulations!
Apr 13, 2018
haha We applied for our official passports at a US consulate while living overseas and they did not require that we give up our tourist passports (which was a good thing as we would have felt fairly vulnerable without them there).

I've heard of people retaining their passports when applying in the US and being told that in an emergency they cou...See More
Apr 13, 2018


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