These are the chronicled adventures of the transition of two twenty-somethings from eco-minded, health conscious Americans with a hint of adventurism to internationally versed vagabonds. Current location: Panama City(Casco Viejo District), Panama

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Words to action!

Yesterday we applied for our Passports! We should have them in early July, giving us plenty of time to inspect them for possible errors. After hearing about PG’s incident I’m a bit weary of the State Departments methods.

We shot the photos ourselves using a digital camera, EPassportphoto.com, and Photoshop (to crop them to the correct size) and printed them on photo paper using our home printer. In all this saved us about $15. We took our applications to the Courthouse and were charged a $25/per passport fee for (to the Clerk of Courts) processing and the Passports themselves were $75 (to the State Department).

In total each passport cost $100 and a sheet of 4x6 photo paper. Not bad for a 90 visa to each country in South America!

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