Think Twice Before Putting A Souvenir Stamp On Your Passport
By Jenna Busch
VACATIONS
The souvenir passport stamps you can get at places like Checkpoint Charlie can cause you to be denied entry or exit from a country if you have one in your passport.
A 2020 Facebook post from a woman named Tina Sibley stated that Qatar Airlines in Thailand wouldn't accept her passport because she had a novelty stamp from a trip to Machu Picchu.
Souvenir passport stamps are technically illegal. Page five of a U.S. passport states, "Alteration could make the passport invalid, and if willful, may subject you to prosecution."
If you want to collect novelty stamps, get a blank novelty passport. There are a lot of places to get these stamps, such as Machu Picchu, Canada's Churchill, and Easter Island.