Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Unfortunately, processing times for passport applications submitted in-person at US consulates/embassies abroad have become slower than they were in the first and second quarters of this year.
Where submitted applications last fall would take 6-10 days until the standard passports were back at missions, it’s now no longer as fast on average.
One mission where it used to be 6-10 calendar days early this year is now at c. 14-15 calendar days for turnarounds.
Originally Posted by
nutty92
Applied via the online renewal pilot. Oddly, application still shows as In Process online.
9/23: Application submitted with expedited processing
9/26: Application in process
10/11: Shipped via Priority Mail from Tucson
10/13: Extra pages next-gen passport arrived
The online renewal system you used had very recently gone glitchy and down for a bit, but that’s not why you got the in process thing showing like it did. The status updating system is just not extremely dependable (and never has been as far back as it’s been around), and so I continue to tend to sort of ignore what it shows on the website except for if it’s a “positive” update in application status.