Originally Posted by
Wise Chaldean
In addition to the legal penalties, why say you need a passport sooner than you do?
I have family that live abroad, so I like to minimize the amount of time I don't have a passport available in case someone gets sick or whatever and I want/need to travel immediately.
(I didn't lie on my application form, but that's my motivation for paying for expedited processing even when my soonest scheduled int'l travel is several months out.)