Translation of padding in Spanish

Lili was very nervous and feared that the entrance would be denied because she did not have any blank pages in the passport. The Visa office took our papers and pictures and handed them back five minutes later.
You don't speak Russian? It's not so easy to speak this. I think, my English isn't very strong at all. But I hope to improve once I have the chance to write someone whose mother language is English...
We arrived at the airport two hours prior to our flight with no seat guaranteed. As these are local flights, the counters open just 1 hour before take-off. The alternative root would be by bus.