passport renewal question
Aug 24, 2011, 1:54 pm
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passport renewal question
sooooo i sent in my passport renewal about 10 days ago and checked my application online and it says it is being processed.....ummmm hello when i applied for my passport ten years ago i had it at my door in ten days...i expedited my renewal and im waiting still.....i mean they already have all the documents from the original application ....how long has somebody waited for a renewed passport? and when they say being processed do they mean its about to be mailed out or should i brace myself for a long wait...?
Aug 24, 2011, 2:52 pm
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sooooo i sent in my passport renewal about 10 days ago and checked my application online and it says it is being processed.....ummmm hello when i applied for my passport ten years ago i had it at my door in ten days...i expedited my renewal and im waiting still.....i mean they already have all the documents from the original application ....how long has somebody waited for a renewed passport? and when they say being processed do they mean its about to be mailed out or should i brace myself for a long wait...?
Aug 24, 2011, 4:12 pm
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The summer (not yet ended) is a busy season for travel, and they probably have lots of pps to process--I also guess many of their employees are also on vacation. Before they ran into big backlogs (partly improper staffing), in the off season they could be super fast. About 15 years ago I was renewing a pp, I mailed it on a Saturday and received the processed pp on Thursday (NO expedited service was requested), but this was done in February.
Aug 24, 2011, 4:17 pm
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Aug 24, 2011, 4:39 pm
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yes i paid 60$ extra plus 12.72 for overnight shipping back to my house......urgh i was thinking august would of been good but now that i think about it , i asked for my first one ten years ago in november.....so i guess your right august is back logged or something.......i bet the employees at the passport office are so over seeing passports pile up all the time
Aug 24, 2011, 4:51 pm
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You should probably have it in a few days, I think it took 10-14 days for me to receive mine expedited.
Aug 24, 2011, 10:16 pm
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From the page about current processing times
EXPEDITED SERVICE
As of ( Thursday August 25, 2011 ), we are processing requests for expedited service in about 2-3 weeks door-to-door, when overnight delivery is requested and paid for both ways (to and from the passport agency).
I wouldn't even worry about it until three weeks have passed, so you ain't even half way there yet.
EXPEDITED SERVICE
As of ( Thursday August 25, 2011 ), we are processing requests for expedited service in about 2-3 weeks door-to-door, when overnight delivery is requested and paid for both ways (to and from the passport agency).
I wouldn't even worry about it until three weeks have passed, so you ain't even half way there yet.