looking for any help/suggestions etc.. I have been calling relentlessly but not at 7:45 AM (and waiting till 8 to hit 1, will do that tomorrow morning)
applied, expedited, in 1st week of November, 2021...nothing yet...they refuse to give any info...local congress woman also submitted a request on our behalf..last week..but nothing yet...

I did make a reservation at a Hilton in Toronto (for next week) and have been telling them I will be driving...how exactly will they check the reservation..do they have a way? they keep asking for the confirmation number..and I give them...but am not sure what they do with the confirmation number

is it better if I actually have a flight confirmation number? I can do that....I just thought they have no way to tell..but once they give an appointment..I can then make a real reservation and take it with me...

1) will it help if I have a real airline reservation? instead of a hotel in canada!!
2) will it help/can I simply just apply for a new passport..marking the old one "lost"...the presumption here is state lost the application/passport...(why would it take more than 3 months...)