Thanks for the update. Did you mail your application to Philadelphia or Irving? What are the first two digits of your locator code? Those two digits indicate where your application was processed and approved (see the key at the top of this page). When you receive your passport, we passport geeks would love to know whether it is a Next Gen (new style) passport or the current (since ~2007) style (aka E-passport), and from where it was mailed (and printed -- typically Tucson AZ or Hot Springs AR).