It's in the visa requirement to have it at least 6 months validity so better have it renewed ASAP myliitlehaven07.

You can renew you passport even it is not expired yet. They gonna give you new 5 year valid passport and they also return back your old one. So no worries.
Quote Originally Posted by myliitlehaven07 View Post
hello guys, i am going to renew my passport tomorrow (waited for one month appointment!) i am supposed to apply for the visa last month but i decided to not risk my application by having a passport with only exact six month validity and the embassy requires at least three months prior to intended travel with that, my passport will no longer valid.

question is, ,if am renewing my passport tomorrow, will they accept it if its expiring on january 2012 and will they give it back if my passport has stamp pages on it? also will they be giving me a new 5 year passport?

sorry to ask but please i need help urgent :(