{"id":2456,"date":"2015-08-04T00:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T05:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/giving-up-your-us-passport-its-going-to-cost-you\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:11:30","slug":"giving-up-your-us-passport-its-going-to-cost-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/giving-up-your-us-passport-its-going-to-cost-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving up your US <b>passport<\/b>? It&#039;s going to cost you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Giving up your US <b>passport<\/b>? 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