I renewed mine about 6 months before it expired and I had no problems at
all.
"Juliana L Holm" wrote in message
news:d96ncp$3tc0$1@osf1.gmu.edu...
>I began the renewal process at my local post office on Saturday June 12.
>Today
> is the 20th, 10 days. Too early to know if it comes today. It's promised
> within 6 weeks (regular process).
>
> I'll let you know when I get it.
>
> Julie
>
> In rec.travel.usa-canada Jean S. Barto wrote:
>> A friend's daughter recently had trouble getting her initial US passport
>> for
>> some reason--and the parents had to get their Congressman involved in
>> getting it processed--the daughter had applied for the passport in plenty
>> of
>> time for her summer school trip to Ireland (where she is now)--but for
>> some
>> reason her application was sent to another processing center, who lost
>> track
>> of it. She was without a passport a week before her departure--and after
>> her parents attempted to track things down themselves without success,
>> they
>> went arranged an appointment with their Congressman--and only after that
>> appointment in DC were they able to get the passport in time for their
>> daughter to leave for her summer school trip.
>
>> My US passport expires in 2007 and I'll be renewing it in early 2006,
>> well
>> in advance of the *summer rush*--so I can renew for the normal *non-rush*
>> price and have less of a chance of my application getting misdirected or
>> lost--
>
>> Jean in VA
>
>> "Just Dickie" wrote in message
>> news:rPrle.12133$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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