Lesson 2: Filling in a Form

Key Words: expire, renew, visa, valid

A. Read the card and discuss in pairs.

[Departure Card image]

B. Now, read the text about Mita, and fill in the departure card in section A on her behalf.

Mita's full name is Mita Sultana Ahmed. She was born on 6 May 1998. She got her passport on June 09, 2010. It’s a five-year passport. It will expire on 8 June 2015. After that, she has to renew her passport. Her passport number is AB 9842251. She is going to Thailand by Bangladesh Biman, flight number BG 88 on 14 July 2012.

Mita got her visa from the Royal Thai Embassy in Dhaka. Her visa number is T 9115138. The visa was issued in Dhaka on 29 June 2012. The visa is valid for three months. It will expire on September 27, 2012. It is a tourist visa.

If you are traveling on a tourist visa, you are not allowed to study or work there.

C. Imagine you are traveling to a foreign country. Copy the form in A and fill in with your own information. If you have a passport, use information from it. If you do not have a passport, make your imaginary passport with visa number and expiry date, passport number, date of travel, etc.

D. Work in pairs. If you have a passport, tell your partner when you got it and which country/countries you have already visited. If you don’t have a passport, would you like to have one? Why?