We have passport scariness issues too. Jerry's passport is currently with Zierer to get expedited additional pages and return to us by Aug 1 prior to a scheduled trip to Belize. We get back from Belize Aug 10,then we'll fed ex the passports to Zierer again for the China visa we need before we leave for Anchorage on September 10. Zierer tells us that as long as they have 20 calendar days, there's no problem getting the visa to us (for a rush fee, of course). Like everyone else, I hate having to send off our passports! Hopefully this will work as planned.