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Dan's post describing his experience

After signing up for a Travel.gov account, it takes about 2.5-3 weeks for the invite to be able to renew online.
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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #580 on: September 12, 2022, 11:59:51 AM »
(thankfully most of my kids are born in NJ, where the city they were born in mails it to you 2 days later).
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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #581 on: September 15, 2022, 07:30:50 PM »
Any chance of getting a passport within 2 weeks for a 1 year old who doesn't have a birth certificate?

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #582 on: September 30, 2022, 11:04:44 AM »
How long are online passport renewals taking these days? they just reopened the portal.

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #583 on: October 02, 2022, 06:06:08 PM »
How long are online passport renewals taking these days? they just reopened the portal.

Its it still in beta or open to everyone who is eligible? If the latter then it might be different timeline than before (more applicants and possibly more employees for processing)
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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #584 on: October 23, 2022, 11:16:43 PM »
A suggestion: Move this topic to a more appropriate board (like up in the air?). At this point passport delays have nothing to do with corona.

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #585 on: January 07, 2023, 10:58:44 PM »
I Started my online renewal process for my passport on Oct 31, 2022 and still did not receive it. Anyone else having this same issue?

When I call them and tell them I have a flight within the next 2 weeks they tell me they don't have any availability for a in person appointment.

Sadly, I had to cancel my Israel trip back in December because they told me I should receive my passport by my travel date when I called them but it did not come.

Any recommendations?
The website says that you can't travel once you start the renewal process-anyone know if this is true?

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #586 on: January 07, 2023, 11:16:50 PM »

Any recommendations?
The website says that you can't travel once you start the renewal process-anyone know if this is true?

Not true

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #587 on: January 19, 2023, 12:12:46 PM »
Is there a way to get a passport surname name change (Marriage), without sending via mail, so that it can still be used for travel until the new one arrives?

Can I schedule an appointment and do it in person?

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #588 on: January 19, 2023, 01:03:47 PM »
Not true
Are you sure about this? I believe the old passport becomes invalid as soon as the second is in the process, which makes sense, since I don't believe you can have 2 passports.

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #589 on: January 19, 2023, 01:41:44 PM »
Are you sure about this? I believe the old passport becomes invalid as soon as the second is in the process, which makes sense, since I don't believe you can have 2 passports.

Old one still works

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #590 on: January 19, 2023, 02:31:02 PM »
What is the timeframe now for new applications?
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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #592 on: January 19, 2023, 02:44:14 PM »
https://matzav.com/what-to-know-about-getting-a-u-s-passport-in-2023/
Thanks. Those are the standard time frames listed on the government website.
Anyone apply recently for the first time?

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #593 on: January 20, 2023, 12:23:44 AM »
Old one still works

Do we know this for a fact?

My online application status is still "received" after a month, and now new travel plans came up . Should I rely and this info and use my old passport (which hasn't expired yet)?

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #594 on: January 20, 2023, 12:39:36 AM »
What is the timeframe now for new applications?
I applied first week in December with expedited service got it back after 4/5 weeks

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #595 on: January 20, 2023, 01:57:44 AM »
Thanks. Those are the standard time frames listed on the government website.
Anyone apply recently for the first time?


applied for daughter new passport - 11/20/22 it was received by DOS on 11/25 it has not budged from the processing stage since then, although I did receive an email from them today saying they received my application :) . but it is still showing the same status of "in process"

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #596 on: January 20, 2023, 11:56:09 AM »
Do we know this for a fact?

My online application status is still "received" after a month, and now new travel plans came up . Should I rely and this info and use my old passport (which hasn't expired yet)?


Definitely was the case 6 months ago

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #597 on: January 21, 2023, 10:15:16 PM »
applied for daughter new passport - 11/20/22 it was received by DOS on 11/25 it has not budged from the processing stage since then, although I did receive an email from them today saying they received my application :) . but it is still showing the same status of "in process"
has now shipped :)
so i would guess it will be around a 9 week turnaround from my appointment

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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #598 on: February 03, 2023, 08:44:56 AM »
Here's a DP for a mail in.

We're traveling February 5th and around 3 weeks before we realized DW passport is expired. We called some of the expediters but they all want anywhere form $400 to $600 on top of the $130+$60 passport and expedite fees. Didn't make sense to me since our trip was to Cancun, and cancelable.

TL;DR version: mailed in expedited and overnight passport service on 1/17/23 and it was in our hands 2/2/23. We did note the travel dates on the application. Total cost $130+$60+$18 for passport expedited and overnight return.

Here's the timeline:

1/17 - drop at post office, overnight service, which is really two days.
1/19 or 1/20 - passport shows as received and says that if travel is in 14 days, to call to get an appointment.
1/20 - I called but they said they can't issue an appointment because the14 days is a hard deadline. They said to call back Monday 1/23.
1/23 - we called and got an appointment for 2/2 to go down to passport center in Manhattan where they will (most likely) print passport on the spot at no additional cost. Need to bring proof of travel like a flight reservation.
1/31 - tracking online says approved and should be received on or about 2/1. We called and got an actual USPS tracking which said delivery by 2/1.
2/1- package did not show up.
2/2 in the am - tracking said out for delivery,  so we skipped the appointment and it actually came.

We were told that the processing via mail is independent of the in person processing.

Overall I feel really good about nit having paid $500 for some guy to get me an appointment which I got on my own. Of course of it were a shorter time frame or a real life and death situation, the story would've been different.



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Re: Passport applications and Passport Renewal
« Reply #599 on: February 03, 2023, 10:44:51 AM »
Anybody know the process & fastest way to get a passport for a newborn right away? Travel will be within a week or two of birth