Originally Posted by
John Jennings
6/21 Sent mine Expedited with 1-2 delivery
6/24 "Processing"
Can anyone explain the "do not include mailing times, which could add 6 weeks to the door-to-door time"? I paid the $17.56 for 1-2 day delivery. Does that not decrease the 6 weeks door-to-door time?
Well, the 17.56 will get your new passport you one day Priority Express Mail instead of 2-3 day Priority Mail. The problem they seem to be having isn't sending out the new passport once they get it completed, it is the application sitting and waiting in the State Department mailroom before State starts processing it. They are calling this "mailing time" even though it usually isn't in the hands of USPS for most of that time. I sent my renewal application in Priority Mail Signature Receipt and it was signed for 3 days after I sent it. It showed as "In Process" for the first time 5 1/2 weeks after they got it. But It looks like you already got past the "mailing (sitting in our mailroom) time", so it should be closer to just the 6 weeks processing.
You will get your passport a couple of days earlier than you would have without the $17.56, though.