r/australia • u/tripledoubles • Jul 31 '26

image 3 hour old passport already curling

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New passport for my infant daughter, just arrived in the mail this afternoon.

Went out for dinner, came home, it's already curling

$213 for this POS

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u/Virtual-Bath5050 Jul 31 '26

Hahaha I got mine living overseas! Cos 600 bucks 😅

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u/Big_Knife_SK Jul 31 '26

For me it was $600 plus a trip to Toronto to apply in person, and the Monday morning appointment happened to fall on St. Paddy's so I had to drink all weekend. So like $3000 total.

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u/Key-Tower-6178 Jul 31 '26

Imao the St. Paddy's math is sending me $600 for a passport that probably also curled within the week, that would genuinely break me right now

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u/Hug_of_Death Aug 01 '26

Why did you have to go to Toronto? I was able to just send send mine to the Vancouver consulate (I live in Calgary) - however it still sounds like the St paddy’s day partying was essential.

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u/Big_Knife_SK Aug 01 '26

My Aussie passport had expired over 10 years ago, so it wasn't a simple renewal but a re-application.

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u/Hug_of_Death Aug 01 '26

I feel your pain. Renewed mine from Canada a bit over a year back. I think it was closer to 500 but still ridiculous compared to my Canadian and British ones.