Originally Posted by
Nayef
Has anyone tried to get a passport using an appointment for non-emergency urgent travel? I’ve been reading up on it but it doesn’t seem like it’s easy to get an appointment. I’d love to hear if anyone had experience with this.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra.../get-fast.html
I don't think the appointment system will allow you to just make a non-urgent (outside of 72hrs prior to travel) appointment, as you need to indicate your date of travel. Mind you, I never saw an open appointment in all my refreshing of the appointment system - but it was my impression that I the only available appointments to me (if there were to be any) would be for 72hrs prior to travel. This was somewhat confirmed when I got the appointment from my congressperson - my appointment was for a Wednesday morning and we departed on Saturday.
Originally Posted by
JadedFan
From everything that I have read getting an appointment is nearly impossible. Very limited numbers, and those that are out there are being grabbed in bulk and being sold for hundreds of dollars per appointment. Which is disgusting.
This is true, seems that you need to be very lucky to snatch an open appointment. But grabbed "in bulk" - whaaat? Where have you heard/seen this??
Originally Posted by
1KChinito
There is an up post, s/he saw a non-appointment line at passport office. If you do not live far away from a passport office, you may wish to give it a try. Be there before that office opens.
May have been my post - can't remember if I mentioned that here or over on the huge Reddit thread. At any rate, yes it appeared that at the Miami office there was a separate room/line for folks who didn't have an appointment - as when I got off the elevator, the first question from the security guard was "Do you have an appointment?" Since I did, I was allowed into the next room, but there was a line of folks formed in a separate area that I'm assuming were folks without an appointment. Good luck!