To prolong the passport, is it possible?

New Year holidays are approaching, which means that the time for rest is already around the corner! Many citizens dream to go on a trip abroad for the holidays, but often for hindsight holidaymakers there are problems with the documents. If one is not given a visa to enter another country, then others have a question: "How to extend the passport?".

Of course, all bureaucratic issues need to be addressed not a month before departure, but much earlier, but for those who did not take timely measures to resolve problems with documents, there are ways to travel abroad as soon as possible.

First of all, it is worth to clarify that under current legislation, it is impossible to extend the passport. There are no procedures to save an old document with a visa that is not yet closed. It completely loses its validity after the expiry of the validity period and is subject to mandatory replacement, so initially refuse the idea to extend the passport, even for a lot of money. The problem with the visa can be solved in such a way that when entering the country you present a new valid passport and a visa from the old document. Details need to be clarified before leaving, so as not to be in a difficult situation.

As you probably know, for some time now the old-style document has been replaced with a biometric passport with a validity of ten years. Biometric documents have been very popular in Europe for several years already. With their help, state structures have the ability to identify the owner with the utmost precision when passing customs control and in any other situations.

As to prolong the passport now it will not be possible, we will understand with what now there were innovations in the course of reception of the document with which help we can go abroad, and how much it will cost. If you decide to make a biometric passport yourself, through state structures, if you have several months in reserve and a lot of patience, then you will need 2500 rubles (14 years) or 1200 rubles (0 to 14 years). For those who do not want to wait in the queue at the OVIR and wait for several months, there are numerous companies involved in issuing passports as soon as possible. The prices of such firms vary depending on the terms, but on average they are of the order of several tens of thousands of rubles.

Documents for the extension of the passport and receipt of a new passport should be prepared the following: an application (in several copies); Photo; The passport of the citizen of the Russian Federation; Labor book (if any); Military ticket (for men); A foreign passport issued to you earlier; Receipt of payment of state duty. For those who are not yet 18 years of age, the necessary list is as follows: an application; the photo; Birth certificate (copy and original); The passport of the child and his parent or guardian; A child's passport issued earlier; receipt.

Although you can not extend the passport now, and there are, there are options for obtaining passports of various types. In addition to the biometric, in the everyday life there are also old-style documents that have been in effect for 5 years. OVIR advises not to make out the passport "in the old manner" and use new services, but still, its action is not yet terminated, it has full legal force on a par with the biometric.

If you are already abroad (live, work, study, etc.) and have the need to extend your passport on the territory of a foreign country, you should apply to the Russian consulate at the location.