Frankly I’m amazed.  My passport was delivered today; processed and delivered at the incredible speed of just under one month!  I didn’t even pay for expedited processing, but here it is nonetheless.

This, after all of the warnings I received about how long it would take to obtain the passport.  Everyone was suggesting months, but this is a pleasant surprise.  My parents and I joked that our last names must, “sound very American”, and apparently I’m not on a terrorist watch list yet.  How else would I have received it so quickly?

This shows how far behind the times am I.  The bottom rectangular shape means that the passport is electronic.  Who knew? *grin*  I wonder how that works.  I couldn’t find an RFID, so I’m assuming that the photo page can be read electronically to verify its information.

Don’t mind the finger nail clipper in the top right of the image.  It’s just being helpful by keeping the thing closed.  I may be a little silly, but I’m not crazy enough to go spreading around images of the inside of my passport.   I will say, though, that it’s mighty fancy.

Three more months and I’m in South Korea – WOOT!

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