Applying for a passport

[Deleted]

Pardon my ignorance the last passport I got was when I was 15 and it has now been expired longer then it was good for.

On the application one of things it asks for his travel plans.  H and I have a general idea of where we will be going but we don't have anything booked, we don't have dates picked out, etc.  Is approximations okay in this section?  Or is a N/A acceptable?  We would like to start traveling Internationally next year but nothing is set in stone so we are just preemptively applying.



Emergency contact: it asks for someone that will not be traveling with you.  Does this need to be someone with a passport?  Generally when I need a non-spouse ICE contact I put down my Dad or one of my brothers but none of them have passports. They couldn't get on a plane if needed but then again none of my close friends have passports either. 

[monkeygirl18]

1st question: I have no idea.
2nd question: they do not need to have a passport. My mom is my contact and dh's mom is his. Neither has a passport.

[Deleted]

you don't need to have a trip planned to get a passport. We didn't.

Emergency contact doesn't need passport...they just want to know WHO to contact if an emergency comes up for you.

[frlcb]

You definitely don't need set travel plans, and your emergency contact can be anyone.

[sunshinedaydreams]

Nope, don't need set travel plans. I think last time I applied for my new one I just put "Africa" since I wasn't really sure specifically where we were going.

Emergency contact can be anyone. I'm pretty sure there are ways for your contact person to get an emergency passport in the event they need to travel to get to you.