Are left pages of passports ever used?
I've just been to Cambodia.
For the visa rather than fitting it on the first empty page (the other side of the paper from a page with a few stamps) they instead skipped that and fit it on a new sheet of paper.
For the entry and exit stamps....they skipped the paper on the other side of the visa and instead went to a new paper.
The trip took 4 pages of my passport (albeit the 4th could still be used by countries where I need a stamp but not a visa)
I wonder about this; is this standard practice? Are left pages of passports ever used?
Best Answer
From many, many countries and borders, I find that it's often just down to the customs officer.
Sometimes they're incredibly precise, opening to the first spare page and clearly and carefully stamping the page.
Other times they just open, stamp, and hand it over.
I've got visas on both pages, back to back, facing both directions, in multiple passports.
Most likely, some just find it easier, but your passport has 25/48/50/100 pages for a reason - all can, and do get used.
(although some countries require you have x spare pages left, but that's a different story).
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