Originally Posted by
crescatfloreat
Yet another minor passport application from me. This time I'd like speed so I requested all the possible improvements, speed-ups initially. We shall see how it fares.
April 17th.
Deposited expedited US passport application at USPS for a child with priority express mailing back and forth. The child doesn't have its federal name, i.e. SS identifier, so an additional paper attesting to this was also added. It was sent to Philadelphia.
I should add that it was not as straightforward as I thought to schedule a passport application appointment at a local post office for the next day. The local ones I checked were booked until Thursday next week at the earliest and I eventually, luckily found a slot in the suburbs not too far away. Unexpected obstacles all along the way!
I shall provide updates.
It's off to a good start! The Priority Express letter with the application was supposed to be delivered to Philadelphia today before 3pm, but according to the tracker, it hasn't been. As a matter of fact, the tracker's last update is from April 17th in the evening, showing a location still the same general area as where I posted it... Another Priority (not Express) letter to Washington mailed at the same moment made it to its destination this afternoon without issues. This is going to be fun.