Originally Posted by
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I'm not completely clear on your reference to "1-2 day return". That seems to me as if you are intended that the State Department ship it back to you Express. Two weeks ago I went into the local USPS to mail out of my wife's passport renewal, and the branch clerk charged me $7.95 to Priority envelope it to the Passport office PO Box, which I charged to a debit card. I enclosed a check to the State Department for a total of $187.56 ($110 for the renewal, $60 for expedited handling, $17.56 for Express mail return). From your photo, there did not appear to be a $7.95 charge for outgoing Priority, which would included the 18 digit tracking number.
Out of pure curiosity, what did the dollar charge in your photo cover (a mailing envelope for example)?
It was just the passport fee as you can see in addition to the passport photos. The employee didn’t say anything about needing to pay for a mailing envelope or to expedite sending the application/documents to start the passport process. And by 1-2 day return I was referring to the $17.56 express return. The check I gave was for $217.56 ($140 for the passport book and card, $60 for expedited processing and the aforementioned delivery fee).
So I guess there’s no way for me to track this aside form waiting for the check to be cashed.