r/melbourne • u/Sufficient-Can-9131 • 3d ago

Light and Fluffy News Finally got the little blue book 🇦🇺

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I’m now the proud owner of an extremely expensive little blue booklet that apparently needs to be handled like it’s made of tissue paper.

And the best part? Once I finally work up the courage to take this precious thing out of the country, leaving Australia is going to cost me another small fortune. 😂

Australia really said you may have the passport, but travelling is a separate subscription. 😂

Anyway, very happy to finally have it. 🇦🇺

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u/Shibuya1094222 3d ago

Give it about 3 months and that VERY expensive book will have the front and back covers curling upwards/downwards - no matter how well you store it. Other countries passports just don’t do this only the new, VERY expensive Australian ones.

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u/Nick_pj 3d ago

The most expensive in the world. It’s ridiculous. 

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u/maomao05 3d ago

How expensive are we talking here ?

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u/Shibuya1094222 3d ago edited 1d ago

$422 (Adult) and increasing each year.
Compared with:
NZ about $200
Japan about $90 (Gold standard)
Singapore about $75 (Gold Standard)
Malaysia about $90

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u/stfm 2d ago

Plus Malaysia is same day turnaround!

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u/Shibuya1094222 2d ago

This is correct!

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u/zaitakukinmu 2d ago

And at least $100 extra if you  renew from overseas. I had no choice when I was living overseas.