My passport expired in 2003. Can I get it renewed or I need to apply for new one?

I had a similar situation sometimes ago my passport expired sometime in 2005 and all i did was to walk into the immigration office in 2007 and did a renewal not obtaining a new one irrespective of the year lapse though am a nigerian residing in Nigeria, yours may depend on the country you come from and the laws guiding your country of residence, so take a bold step and visit the immigration or go to there website to find out how to go about it and the rules guiding such lapses.

Expired Passport Renewal Grace Period

Expired Passport Grace Period

Simple to renew online--for 55$. Or you can go to the post office and sub,it the forms and renew. You have 15 years from date of expiration before you have to get a whole new one.

No need to apply for a new passport. Your existing passport will be renewed. Of course the authorities will be levied a nominal fee for this delay. The grace period for renewing passport is six months from the date of expiry.

Good luck.

You need to re-apply for a new passport. The grace period is one year for renewal. You have to pay the fee, etc, etc. If you are in India then please visit this site:

http://passport.nic.in/

Your passport can be extended from short validity to full validity i.e. 10 yrs. from date of issue. Due to gap, police veritication necessary.

Apply for a fresh one and deposit the old expired one including its detail in the form.

Expired means its no longer valid . Therefore you need a new one .

I think to have to check with your local immigration office or your embassy if you are a foreigner. I think its vari from one another.

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