Somebody else mention that a passport was good for 10 years while doing their calculations. Not in 1960. Passports in those days were good for only 5 years for everybody. It wasn’t until they raised the price of them in the last 20 years that they also increased the length of time they were valid — saved on paperwork for the Govt. and also made the purchaser think that they weren’t really getting screwed with the price increas.
I stand corrected. I am now looking at two US passport issued from the early 60’s to mid 60’s. (have more locked away)it says
“ Expiration and Renewal
Unless limited to a shorter period, this passport EXPIRES three years from the date of issue shown on page two. It may be renewed for an additional period not exceeding five years fom the date of issue shown on page two. The renewal fee is five dollars. This passport MUST be presented with your renewal application. Renewal is shown by a stamp placed in the passport on page two.”
also this passport is not valid for travel to or in communist controlled portions of
China
Korea
Vietnam
or to or in
Albania
back inside cover explains how you can loose your citizenship by voting, taking an oath, declaration of allegiance, or serving in armed forces or accepting employment under the government of a foreign state..it goes on to add more ways a naturalized citizen can lose thir citizenship by redidency..
passports in the mid 1980’s were valid for 10 years.
I am now looking at two US passport issued from the early 60’s to mid 60’s. (have more locked away)it says
” Expiration and Renewal
Unless limited to a shorter period, this passport EXPIRES three years from the date of issue shown on page two. It may be renewed for an additional period not exceeding five years from the date of issue shown on page two. The renewal fee is five dollars. This passport MUST be presented with your renewal application. Renewal is shown by a stamp placed in the passport on page two.”
also this passport is not valid for travel to or in communist controlled portions of
China
Korea
Vietnam
or to or in
Albania
back inside cover explains how you can loose your citizenship by voting, taking an oath, declaration of allegiance, or serving in armed forces or accepting employment under the government of a foreign state..it goes on to add more ways a naturalized citizen can lose their citizenship by residency..
passports in the mid 1980’s were valid for 10 years.
Didn’t know that (my globe-trotting days were well after the 1960’s :-}). O was in Indonesia from sometime in 1967 to sometime in 1972. Since he was only 5 or 6 when they left the U.S. and he was young enough to be on Mom’s passport, maybe they got back before it had to be renewed at which time he would have been too old to be on hers and would have been required to apply for his own.