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PJMcK

(24,250 posts)
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:00 AM Saturday

A passport question [View all]

Recently, I received my new U.S. passport and the State Department returned my old cancelled document.

Do I have to keep my expired passports or can I shred them?

Thanks. in advance.

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A passport question [View all] PJMcK Saturday OP
Keep Them. They're Fun as History. MineralMan Saturday #1
Thanks PJMcK Saturday #2
That works, too. MineralMan Saturday #4
Should I Keep an Old and Expired Passport? underpants Saturday #3
Thank you PJMcK Saturday #6
Either is fine, but... Footay Saturday #5
All the reasons in the article and... carpetbagger Saturday #7
Keep them. You might have a multi-year visa in the old one. sinkingfeeling Saturday #8
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