Hi Bruce,
Yes you probably could get a second one this way and thereby retain any valid visas in the first passport. A useful strategy if one passport is nearly full and want to keep it for use with a particular visa.
I've been running two passports since 2000 for business purposes - main reason fro this is that getting visas for certain countries may leave you "passportless" for a few weeks when you need to travel.
The only trouble I have had is going into the US - I had crossed out into Canada at Niagara and mistakenly showed the other passport on the way back in. I quickly rectified the problem by producing the first passport. Unfortunately the homeland security officer suddenly thought he was Sherlock Holmes and had just solved the nation's security problems once and for all. I was invited into the office where I was subjected to some pathetic questioning as to why I had two passports. Allegedly they had not heard of this before but I believe it is pretty common in the UK.
Matt
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