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Quailane
02-14-09, 03:07 PM
Hey, I am excited that I just got my new passport in the mail today, but I am a upset in a big way. In place of birth, it just lists the state, not the city like my old one I got in 2003 did. Instead of saying I am from Las Vegas, which is cool, it now just says I am from Nevada, which sounds like I live in some trailer in Pahrump. I am thoroughly disappointed and I think next time I get a passport it will be at the Spanish embassy in New York.
doz
02-14-09, 11:09 PM
Mine is the same way, Nevada, USA. :/ I still have the 530 SSN to prove it though :)~
Quailane
02-15-09, 04:08 AM
Mine is the same way, Nevada, USA. :/ I still have the 530 SSN to prove it though :)~

I just looked that stuff up and apparently I don't. :mad: Weird.
custom90gt
02-15-09, 10:52 AM
umm what is the difference? Do you often show your passport to random people and say that you are from vegas?
cmichaelt
02-15-09, 12:20 PM
it's the wow factor when you go out of country, "OMG You were born in Sin City?!?!"
kayson
02-15-09, 12:31 PM
On a more technology-oriented note, does your passport have the rfid chip in it? Smash it!
doz
02-15-09, 05:10 PM
Quail, how old are you? Most people born in Vegas up until the 90's I believe should have a 530 I thought?? 530 wasnt phased out until late 90's I thought, maybe im wrong though? AFAIK, 530 and 680 are the only 2 Nevadan's start with (my son, born in 2000, has 680, but my brother born in 1990 has 530).
Quailane
02-15-09, 08:15 PM
umm what is the difference? Do you often show your passport to random people and say that you are from vegas?

If I was born in Podunk, Idaho I wouldn't care, but it makes for interesting conversation abroad. And, yeah, I do show it to a lot of people because that is my only valid form of ID in another country. Reminds me of the first time I wasn't carded, when I got beer in a London pub. It's more of a personal thing though. I love Las Vegas, even if I haven't been there in almost 2 years.

On a more technology-oriented note, does your passport have the rfid chip in it? Smash it!

Yeah, it does. I don't see what the big deal is. It can only be scanned at extremely close ranges, as in less than a foot.

Quail, how old are you? Most people born in Vegas up until the 90's I believe should have a 530 I thought?? 530 wasnt phased out until late 90's I thought, maybe im wrong though? AFAIK, 530 and 680 are the only 2 Nevadan's start with (my son, born in 2000, has 680, but my brother born in 1990 has 530).

I turned 22 a couple of weeks ago. I asked my dad about it and he said it was because they applied for it when my mom and I were staying with my grandmother for a little bit just after I was born because their apartment complex didn't allow children. It was in North Las Vegas if that tells you anything. :p
Deanzo
02-15-09, 09:15 PM
I don't think it matters for the "interesting conversation abroad" if I saw "Nevada" the first thing that comes to my mind is "Las Vegas"

As I'm not from the US, I have no idea where or what "Pahrump" is. Well, with out using Google. I think you'll find thats the same for almost everyone from out side of the US.
ratbuddy
02-16-09, 03:28 PM
I don't think it matters for the "interesting conversation abroad" if I saw "Nevada" the first thing that comes to my mind is "Las Vegas"

As I'm not from the US, I have no idea where or what "Pahrump" is. Well, with out using Google. I think you'll find thats the same for almost everyone from out side of the USNevada.

Sounds like a city in Illinois or something to me, anyway.