I began the renewal process at my local post office on Saturday June 12. Today
is the 20th, 10 days. Too early to know if it comes today. It's promised
within 6 weeks (regular process).
I'll let you know when I get it.
Julie
In rec.travel.usa-canada Jean S. Barto wrote:
> A friend's daughter recently had trouble getting her initial US passport for
> some reason--and the parents had to get their Congressman involved in
> getting it processed--the daughter had applied for the passport in plenty of
> time for her summer school trip to Ireland (where she is now)--but for some
> reason her application was sent to another processing center, who lost track
> of it. She was without a passport a week before her departure--and after
> her parents attempted to track things down themselves without success, they
> went arranged an appointment with their Congressman--and only after that
> appointment in DC were they able to get the passport in time for their
> daughter to leave for her summer school trip.
> My US passport expires in 2007 and I'll be renewing it in early 2006, well
> in advance of the *summer rush*--so I can renew for the normal *non-rush*
> price and have less of a chance of my application getting misdirected or
> lost--
> Jean in VA
> "Just Dickie" wrote in message
> news:rPrle.12133$IC6.11542@attbi_s72...
>> Thanks for your reply and sharing your experience with the Passport folks.
> I
>> will try to contact my Chicago office and go from there.
>>
>> Just Dickie
>>
>>
>> wrote in message
>> news:i-WdnS_C1oknpAvfRVn-gw@adelphia.com...
>> > I am going to pay for the expedited service
>> >> ($60.00 extra) which is supposed to hurry my passport back to me within
> 2
>> >> weeks. I am only 5.5 hours away from the Chicago office where I was
> told
>> >> by the US Passport hotline my application would be going. Is it going
> to
>> >> take the entire 2 weeks to get my passport back?
>> >
>> > I have heard of no one in the last three years that has waited more than
>> > 10-11 days to receive their passport via normal channels.
>> >
>> > You could call the Chicago office and try to wheedle an off-the-record
>> > answer to your question.
>> >
>> > Ours took 11 calendar days....Kentucky to the New Orleans PP office and
>> > return.
>> >
>> > I think there is even a place online, or a phone number that you can
> call
>> > to check the status once you have filed your application. I remember
>> > doing that and being told that our applications were already processed
> and
>> > our PP's were in the mail.
>> >
>> > BTW, many Post Offices now offer to take your photos. Ours gets $12.00,
>> > which is 60% of what a local photog.r gets.
>> >
>>
>>
--
Julie
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