Originally Posted by
bilofsky
They told me that once the passport is in the system, it's possible to upgrade it to expedited processing.
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Thanks for the update!
About 5 years ago, I had to renew my Mom's passport. I sent it in with about 6 weeks before we were going to leave (I had the date of the trip on application). I started getting worried about 4 weeks out and called them up. They said it would not be done by the time we had to leave but promptly gave me the option to expedite it. I gave them a credit card number and magically, the passport was quickly done and sent back to us. We do not live near a passport agency so that was not an option.