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Post by howdo on Aug 3, 2013 12:00:35 GMT 7
Due to the rule stating you must have 6 months remaining on your passport before entering some Asian countries. Does that mean any visa's still current in your passport are lost?
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Post by Banjo on Aug 3, 2013 12:19:53 GMT 7
I was under the impression that you kept your old passport with the visa in it howdo.
Then when you entered the country or got the visa extended you just presented both passports.
It would be a good idea to point this out to the Aussie embassy/immigration when you renew your passport so they give you back the old one.
I always get mine back, they just cut the barcode off it.
Banker will have more idea than me, I'd imagine he's renewed passports with visas in them on more than one occasion.
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Post by anotherdsp on Aug 3, 2013 18:30:13 GMT 7
to howdo,i have done this ,run out of pages after arrival,i got a new pasport an my old one and had no problems with extensions or exiting bali.
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Post by Banjo on Aug 3, 2013 18:43:11 GMT 7
Don't you just hate countries with full page visa on arrival... lol.
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Post by Banker on Aug 4, 2013 6:06:03 GMT 7
It depends on the Country the visa is for.
In Cambodia you must keep your old passport with the visa in it and show that and the new Passport until that visa expires..
IN Thailand...Take both old and new P.P to Thai Immigration and they will just transfer the visa into the new P.P.
Philippines....I cant remember too long ago.
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Post by howdo on Aug 4, 2013 9:26:07 GMT 7
Okay cheers for all replies guys. Having a bit of a travel round and when I get back to Asia my passport will be 2 weeks inside the stated 6 months. I was wondering weather to renew or take the chance, seems a shame to lose so many months off the passport. Bang on re - the bloody big stamp taking up a whole page.
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Post by Banjo on Aug 4, 2013 10:17:30 GMT 7
Personally I wouldn't take the risk mate, it's purely the way I do things though... before entering any country make sure the t's are crossed and the i's dotted. Having said that, I've never had a passport time out in recent decades, they always run out of pages.  |
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Post by tablet on Aug 4, 2013 12:27:43 GMT 7
I renewed my passport in Bangkok a month ago. It is very easy, more so than in Australia as I don't live in a city.
I only had a land border entry stamp in the old passport, and when I flew out of Bangkok, I just had to show the stamp in the old passport, and they stamped my exit in the new one.
1960.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Aug 8, 2013 20:09:59 GMT 7
My only question is, Can I get a new Australian passport at any Australian Embassy?
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Post by anthonydsp on Aug 8, 2013 20:22:25 GMT 7
yes you can nofixedaddress just go to the australian embassy when your passport is stilli nthe 6month period of expiring and you can apply for a new one
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Post by Denis-NFA on Aug 8, 2013 23:16:11 GMT 7
anthonydspThank you. I have never known for sure. PS. I have a bit of paper from Centrelink that tells me that whilst I am out of Australia that I will be paid DSP indefinitely. The confirmation letter from Centrelink is signed by someone called - XXXXXXXX whose job title is 'Customer Service Adviser Department of Human Services'.
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