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  • #1

    Enjoy your trip, short as it will be

    While Jackass was on his break tonight, I had to help a customer who wanted the ID page of her US passport color photocopied.

    Unsure if we were allowed to photocopy passports, I paged Jackass. He said it wasn't a problem (he may be Jackass, but adherence to copyright protection and restricted copy items is the ONE thing he actually takes seriously), but while I was waiting for him to call me, the customer explained why she wanted the copies.

    SC: In case I lose it.

    Me: In case you lose your passport?

    SC: Yeah.

    Me: Well, I should tell you that they WON'T accept a copy of a passport as a passport. If you lose this *waves the passport* overseas you'll have a very serious problem.

    SC: No, I'm not going to bring it.

    Me: Not bring what?

    SC: That! *points to passport*

    Me: Well, you'd need to take it with you to another country.

    SC: No, I leave it at my house, and take the copy with me.

    Me:

    Yeah, good luck with that. You won't even make it out of the airport HERE IN THE US without the ACTUAL passport. I hope your airfare is refundable.
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    RIP Plaidman.
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    Oooh. Ow. OW!

    >_< Several more of my braincells died. That hurt.

    Where is the logic that says that bringing a photocopy of a passport is acceptable? Ow!
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill

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    • #3
      They actually do recommend keeping a photocopy of your passport in your wallet while oversees. This is more because the regular passport doesn't fit well into a wallet. But you still need to bring the actual passport.
      To err is human, to blame someone else shows good management skills.

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      • #4
        Oooooggghhhh....

        Geeze, that hurt!!!
        "If anyone wants this old box containing the broken bits of my former faith in humanity, I'll take your best offer now. You may be able to salvage a few of em' for parts..... " - Quote by Argabarga

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        • #5
          Quoth joe hx View Post
          They actually do recommend keeping a photocopy of your passport in your wallet while oversees. This is more because the regular passport doesn't fit well into a wallet. But you still need to bring the actual passport.
          I was going to say the same.

          I had a copy of my passport with me, BUT I also had my passport with me. I would leave the actual passport on the cruise ship and walk off with the copy and my ID. Just in case.

          More than likely she heard something like this and left out the crucial part of actually BRINGING the original. I wish i was at the airport when she got there....

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          • #6
            I don't blame her. I do the same thing with my money. Why use the originals when i can make copies!
            "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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            • #7
              >_<...just...>_<

              With that said, it actually does make sense to keep a copy around - it can help you get a replacement at the US Embassy if one happened to loose their passport while out of the country, per the State Department: http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/...cies_1197.html
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