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Old Jul 15, 2023 | 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by CVO 1K 2 Million

One minor disappointment, unlike prior renewals, the old passport was not returned.
I saw the other comment about the old passport separately arriving to you - post if you don’t have it by august 13 or so :-)

Originally Posted by GUWonder

For a sense of how wrong things have gone with US passports: many a Congressional office has seen more constituent requests for expedited passport help within just the past 18 months than the very same offices had in total during the 5-18 years prior to the pandemic.
Any chance that congressional offices are getting more requests for help simply because the press articles mention this option? I’m pretty sure that past passport application processes didn’t include so many people asking for help. Did we even know that we could seek help?
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