Passport 6 month rule?

[erewhon]

How much do you have to spend on a 5 year passport?

 

Just discovered your query.

 

An Adult passport NZ$153.30

Child " NZ$81.70

 

An Urgent Adult passport will cost NZ$306.60

Child NZ$235.00

[Mary Ellen]

My concern, not really a complaint, is about my old passport being returned to me in a separate envelope. That costs extra money - the postage on that envelope was $.65 plus there is the cost of the 6x9 envelope. Multiply that by how many thousands of passport renewals annually??? I was merely pointing out that every little bit of wasteful spending adds up. :(

How do you know your new and old passports are mailed from the same office/location? Your new passport has to be printed, the old one doesn't. Maybe it would actually cost more to match them up in order to return to you in the same envelope. ;)