Jyapooji, the only difference between a 5-year and 10-year passport is the validity period (who cares about the design, anyway?). A dozen pages are added to give more space for frequent travelers. If you are talking about indirect benefits, it saves both the applicant and the government. In monetary term, I had paid $60 for a 5-year passport and $80 for a 10-year passport, thus it saved me $40. Saving on additioal photos, postage, application etc. would be another $30. Isn't it a buy one save another? No need to look back at the passport validity date for full 10 years is awesome. So is HMG losing some revenue? Not in fact, the demand for passport is very high and still growing. Sometimes, they run out of passport books. By reducing the work burden by half, they eliminate long lines for passports, their work is efficient and they are generating extra $20 per passport with virtually no additional cost. I I's both win-win situation. Just my two-cents.