Just thought that you should know that the Department of State has reviewed their fees for many of the services – passports, visas, services while abroad – etc. You can review the fees by looking at the PDF here http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480a8ffe8
In a nutshell, some fees – such as getting a passport are increasing slightly (27% + $20 increase for the security surcharge) while other fees are increasing whole lot (adding pages to your passport because you filled it up with stamps during the 10 years validity period – going from free to $80 – just $30 short of applying for a whole new passport!!)
You can comment on the fees up until March 8th, 2010!!!!
If you think these fees might affect you, you might review the document above and read their reasoning for changing the fees and comment on areas where you approve or disapprove.
And – if you’re not interested in doing any of that – then you might at least want to consider renewing, refilling, or applying for a passport before the fees increase to save yourself a few bucks.
If you do decide to send comments – they can be submitted by e-mail to fees@state.gov RIN (1400–AC58) should be included in the subject line of the e-mail.
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