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Passport Renewal Fun in Tel Aviv – NOT!

If you can avoid a trip to the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to renew your passport – avoid it! Most adults can renew by mail. The problem is the under 21 crowd. You can get all the relevant details on the US Embassy Website, except for this one:

Nothing is allowed into the embassy. Cellphone, food, reading material – absolutely nothing. Just the passport and related documents. It has become their business model – food is sold at 3x prices and checking cellphone, etc. is a pain.

SO, leave everything in the car and have a good meal before. Bring your spouse, not only because you must, but because with no book to read – you may find the quality time valuable.

If you can postpone the trip until after Jan 20, 2009 you will not have to look at George Bush’s picture.
And don’t forget – check your passport expiration date well before the trip.  There are different rules for each destination country.

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