Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
It tends always to be quick if you apply when it's not the case that everyone else is applying at the same time, for instance in anticipation of a high season (summer) vacation abroad or just after there are rule changes, such as needing a passport for (all) travel to Canada.
Anyway I try to slice and dice it, the passports generally come back faster under the current President's Admin than they used to under any of the prior 3 Presidents.
Originally Posted by
Dave737
good to know it's quick right now. do you have to ask for your old passport back or is it returned by default?
They are returned as part of the default. Maybe one day this will change with "security" being the excuse again too, but for now they are returned by default for the average US citizen.