Originally Posted by
Scott in LA
I'm among the 143K who submitted last week, so we'll see. I had figured I wouldn't see anything before the end of the year, but if these numbers continue (~200K/week with ~1.3M backlog), I might have something back within two months or so.
So, confirming the rough timeframe from the last few posts:
Renewal application mailed 7/17, "in process" on 7/23.
Status "shipped" morning of 9/18, "approved" that afternoon (does seem like they've gotten that backwards for a few people in this thread).
Received new passport card 9/21, received new passport book 9/22. Still waiting on the old passport--hopefully tomorrow.
The thing that has been a mess for me is the mail. The USPS tracking number that was emailed to me doesn't match either the book (different number) or the card (no tracking), so I'm guessing it's the old passport, although if you're only going to send one bit of tracking info, that seems the least important. Also, that tracking number supposedly had a delivery attempt 9/19, and is now in some sort of re-attempt state, where they were supposed to deliver the next business day. I was about to head to the local post office to try to figure that out, when the book came today. It had a different tracking number, and when I looked it up, it was also in that same re-attempt state, even though it's been successfully delivered. I'll give the old passport another day or two before I go fight with the USPS, I guess.