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Not as major as this but my mom got arrested once in HK as a US citizen. I went to the US consulate and they were appalled that they took her passport. Apparently passports US government property? But they didn’t have any help or advice for me and my mom.

I heard you can no longer add pages to a US passport? If so, why was this stopped? I travel a lot for business and will definitely finish out my passport well before the 10 year expiry. Getting a new passport isn't a huge burden but I have to get new visas for all the countries I travel to as well as resubmit for a new APEC card which does take a while.

I think this is just so they have an idea as to when you'll need it... not sure if it actually expedites it though. I've submitted my passport entry in person and whoever takes my application usually tells me if I will get it in time or not.

So if I carry my old passport the visas on my old passport and APEC are still valid? I can see my APEC... that basically just let me stand in the special lane. But my visas too? Even though my new passport will have a different number?