On Monday 04 January 2010 22:32:40 James R. Frysinger wrote:
> My wife and I will be applying for US passports soon. There is an online
> form I can fill in or I can download a form and fill it in by hand. I
> see no specific, item by item directions.
>
> The application requires a statement of height. Will the US Dept. of
> State accept that in meters? Does anyone here have experience with that
> in the U.S.?

I have been stating my height in meters on passport applications for twenty 
years (i.e. I just applied for the third one). 1.47 the first time, 1.51 the 
second, and 1.50 now. It hasn't kept me from getting a passport.

I left the eye and hair color fields blank. If they want to know what color 
they are, they can look at the photo with a magnifying glass. I henna my 
hair, so it's hard to put the color into words.

With the first passport, I went to Portugal to help with church building 
construction. I was the only member of the group (about 30) who brought a 
measuring tape with metric units. I was also the only one who could speak 
Portuguese when we returned, not knowing it when we left.

Pierre

-- 
La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre.
Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.

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