Yeah, that is what I'm doing. I leave Sept. 29 for Europe, the passport
expires 3/10. So gotta renew it.
Julie
In rec.travel.usa-canada loonyhiker wrote:
> 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.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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