Originally Posted by
bb-miler
Well - maybe not. Look at the earlier posting from the earlier discussion about center 69:
Mailed application 3/25. Delivered 3/27. Today, 3/29, check was cashed.
and later: Received Passport, 5/2 -- That means from "check cashed/start of processing" (3/29) to received (5/2) was exactly 5 weeks from that center.
We are in a similar boat. Our "check cashed" "start of processing" date is 5/3 also from "69"/New Hampshire, Expedited, 6 days ahead of you. We have travel planned for 6/23. Which means we would make it if they complete the processing in 7 weeks.
It looks like center 69 has been faster than others (like 62), so crossing fingers that's still true.
I will post here if/when we get the passport back. Otherwise you will have to look at the 14 (or 5) day before departure emergency appointments IF (and that's a big IF) you can get a time slot.
WOO HOOO - ok - so we JUST got the Express mail notification (for Center /69 - New Hampshire - applied at USPS in California)!
Child renewal - passport book + passport card
Expedited processing and Expedited shipping
- Applied in Person at USPS California: Friday, April 28, 2023
- Status Changed to "In Process": Wednesday, May 3, 2023
- Check Cashed (electronically by agency): Wednesday, May 3, 2023
- Status Changed to "Shipped": Friday, June 9, 2023
- Tracking number for USPS Express downloaded - indicates it will arrive
Monday, June 12, 2023 EDIT: it actually arrived Sunday night (now that's a first) USPS Express, June 11, 2023 (my first Sunday night delivery ever I think...)
Since April appears that the NH / 69 center has been completing the processing portion of check cashed until shipping out (in our case May 3 - June 9) in exactly 5 weeks, 2 days.
Which means we are going from "applied in person" to "passport in hand" in 6 weeks, 2 days.
Also note - no status update by email at any point when the processing status has changed. Not in spam nor anywhere else. But - seems the rest of the system is working!
(
now I will be sitting by the mailbox on Monday... 
- apparently USPS worked Sundays this week so got it one day early!)