Originally Posted by
mypassport
When calling the PP office, you can opt for a call back. That way, you dont have to be on hold for 45 mins. Its quite overwhelming when you dont know what happened to your application. There should be an initial scan of the application before the Philadelphia office forwards it for processing. This will help applicants to know that application is now in the hands of the PP center and not lost. With all the mail ongoing problems and USPS budget cuts, this is just going to get worse.
Yeah, I know I didn't have to be on hold - they offer the call back option every 2 or 3 minutes after telling you estimated wait time - but I knew I was gonna be at my desk for long while longer yet. And the hold music is killer. ;p I am not worried, much as we might like to visit the family in MEX sooner than later we are in no hurry with the current situation, even after both of us adults having had both shots.
And a clarification - I did not mail it in. Since our appt was at the Post Office it seemed there was no need. However, it occurred to me the day after that I should have followed the advice here and had them send it priority mail. Lesson learned for five years from now.....