wemr

My girlfriend wants people to think she is younger when we travel and is about to apply for a new passport application listing an incorrect birth year. I think it is silly but she is determined to do it. Can this get her in any trouble? Or am I over-reacting to something that's not a real problem?
thanks.

Leona

Is this a joke?

MaureenB

Is this question for real??

Michael

To my knowledge it is illegal to provide false information on a document such as a passport. Does she also do it on her driver's license?

m_kingdom2

Firstly, that is fraudulent.

Secondly, it's impossible to do legally as you need to produce a previous passport or some form of birth certificate.

Thirdly, doesn't it make you wonder if she's in the habit of faking other things too?

Iregeo

Without having the application in front of me, I'm guessing that the app. needs to be signed under penalty of perjury. If so, COULD she get into trouble? Yep. WILL she get into trouble is another story.

Michael

And another thing: how many people does she think actually look at her passport? Why does she care what immigration officials and hotel clerks read?

Iregeo

What's the deal -- is she not aging well?

kismetchimera

How many Martinis she had last night?

janeg

Sure, let her do it. Then she will get in all sorts of trouble & you can dump her.

starspinners

If it's a US passport you're asking about go to http://travel.state.gov/passport/DS-0082
One must swear or affirm that the statements made on the passport application are true.

miguelgcuadra

She should see herself in a mirror and be more concerned there than the number is a travel document........

SuzieC

Whatta hoot!

JaneG, that is some of THE MOST practical advice I've ever read on Fodors!

Ryan

I think you should suggest that she dump you for a much younger man. Accessorizing with a younger man will certainly take years off her appearance and I'm sure she'll have significantly higher levels of endorphin, which can make her feel younger.

m_kingdom2

...those endorphins might stop the faking it issue too.

mgmargate

Tell her to go ahead.Set aside bail money.

FainaAgain

I knew one woman who changed her birth year after WWII so she could marry a younger guy. When I met her she was pulling her hair out being unable to reinstate her actual age to retire on time. Wemr, tell your gf it will come back to her!

l_jackson95814

The passport department already has her information linked to her SSN. Tell her we would all like to turn back the clock, but life gets better with age.

P_M

Assuming this is a serious question, doing this would undoubtedly be fraud. If she wants people to think she's younger, tell her to have surgery.

KT

I don't know...I'm thinking of using somebody else's picture on my passport so people will think that I look better.