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Old Jun 12th, 2011, 06:37 PM
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Passport Signature mistake

I am going to be traveling to Italy in one week. when i was signing my passport i made it very illegible, and my pen ran out of ink so i went over in a different pen, i heard that you can make a single line through the bad signature and sign above it, is that true? i really want to still be able to go. what can i do? i dont want to have any problems when getting to the plane. please help me?
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Old Jun 12th, 2011, 11:03 PM
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Nobody ever matches the signature on your passport to anything when you fly.
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Old Jun 13th, 2011, 01:56 AM
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Lots of people have illegible signatures
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No one has ever cared

About my totally unreadable signature

Let sleeping dogs lie as it were.
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One more thought - at airport, hand security your boarding pass, passport - and then shut up unless asked a question. Don't lead with a long story about the pen running out of ink, what your friend said about drawing a line thru the signature, etc. And an altered passport - with a line drawn thru signature - is far more likely to draw attention than without.
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