Question:
My husband is a permanent resident
of the USA, his German passport
expired. He took a trip to the German
Consulate in Chicago to get a new
German Passport, he took along a
letter from Germany stating he was
now living here in the USA, along
with 2 passport photos & the odd
thing about this, is they did not
collect any money, and DID NOT take
his old passport, they said the
new German passport would be send
in 6 weeks with a bill?
Answer:
I have not had any experience with
renewing my passport yet but I have
contacted the German consulate (though
the one in Boston) quite a few times
regarding all kind of inquiries
and found them very very helpful.
If you really are suspicious about
your husband's action you might
just want to send them an email,
inquiring about the process of renewing
a passport.
Most likely
they will give you a detailed list
of requirements- including payment,
etc. Their web site address in Chicago:
http://www.germany- info.org/ In
case you don't speak German either
- on the web site it says they are
allowed to keep their old passport
until the new one arrives in 6-8
weeks. Then they have to send the
old passport back with a payment
in the form of a money order.
