“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.” Robert Louis StevensonFill out this form. Fill out that form. Wait in line. Visit duty free. Wait in another line. Fingers on the screen, smile and then ...The passport review. Whenever I arrive at the US Immigration desk at LF Wade International Airport (or really any Immigration desk) I stress.You should be stressed too. Why? No, not because you might have forgotten your passport or your passport is out of date, there is something more subtle in your passport that could lead to a very disappointing trip the pages.Yes, I know you plan for your trips: plane ticket? check. Housing? Run arounds on website pages to find hotels and finally ... check. Packing? Ugh ... check. Duty free? Check. Passport? Check. Passport date? Check. Passport pages? Uh ... shoot.I’m serious. How many of you actually look to see how many empty passport pages you have left? Me? I check in the Immigration line.Luckily for me, I didn’t need a visa to go to Atlanta (for last week’s column) and the one free page I have left in my passport (one-year abroad will rack up the page-size visas!) stood the test of the frowning agent.He wasn’t impressed though when he had to find somewhere for the stamp.So here is the Rock Fever tip one of the week: check your passport for pages. Why is this important?Well, because some countries will not let you in if you don’t have between two and four free pages left. They need space for their visas and if you don’t provide them with it ... well you won’t be going. Examples? India, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia require full pages for their visas and Egypt requires half a page!Of course tip two this week has to be: check with your destination country’s embassy to see how many pages they require in your passport. You DO NOT want to be left at the airport after all of your vacation planning.Tip three is incredibly important for those of us who hold a British passport: you CANNOT add pages to your passport. Yep, if you run out of space well, you are stuck having to renew your passport.That could be a problem if you need it done quickly. Tip four: Bermudians and those residing in Bermuda must send their passports to Washington, DC, for their renewal and it could take up to four weeks.Even worse? Tip five is, right now they are so swamped with work that the Washington office could take up to ten weeks to process a passport! Yes, I wrote that: TEN WEEKS!!! Don’t believe me? Check out the Foreign Commonwealth website for more information: http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/passports/how-to-apply/bermuda1However, my tip six for residents with a British passport: if you happen to renew your passport within nine months of its expiry, the passport will be valid for ten years plus the nine months. And if you travel frequently then you can apply for a 48-page passport (regular passports are 32 pages). Of course the number of pages is reflected in the fees, which are US$211 plus postage for a regular-sized adult passport or US$255 plus postage for super-sized adult passports. Child applicants are only able to apply for a 32-page passport for US$134 plus postage.Of course the Americans get it easier in the passport renewal line. Tip seven is, if you have an American passport it’s easy to add pages to your passport. Of course the fee is $82 and there is a form to fill out, but at least you don’t have to go through the process of renewing it. However, if you want to renew your passport? The fee is $110 for an adult passport. For more information visit: http://hamilton.usconsulate.gov/Of course tip eight (which still applies to American citizens in Bermuda) is that adding pages can be done on the Island. The US Consulate’s website actually states if American citizens residing in Bermuda send their passport abroad to add pages or renew it will be returned!Even better? It only takes one week to add pages! Renew a passport? That can take between two to three weeks so ... plan ahead.Which leads to Bermuda’s own passport service, which must be applied through the Immigration Department and requires an $84 fee, two passport pictures and an application for a new passport. If you run out of pages?Well, when I enquired I was told you cannot add pages, but you can bring your passport that has not expired, a $34 fee, an application and two passport photos to acquire a passport with the same expiration date as your previous one, but brand new pages!And tip ten is, I am only one columnist and I can only find out so much. Obviously I tried to touch on the most used passports in Bermuda, but as we know we continue to attract a variety of nationalities to the Island.Unfortunately I cannot research every country and their passport-page policy! So my final recommendation is to check with your own embassy about their pages policy and also look at your travel habits.If you travel frequently to places that require visas then make sure you go for the bigger passport!Luckily for next week’s column, I still hadn’t checked my passport pages, but I got into Barbados anyway! Yep, next week we are off to Barbados with me on a month-long course and all that comes with visiting a Caribbean country. Visit www.robynswanderings.com for my views before next week!