Applied at post office: 05/10/2023
Received by State Dept: 05/15/2023
As of today: Friday 7/28/2023 it is still in "In Process" status
I called the National Passport Information Center because I have international travel booked for Friday 8/11/2023.
They told me they could not physically access my record because that travel is not "within" two weeks (which is the wordage used on the passport application website.) It's semantics, whether "within" means "14 days or less" or "less than 14 days", but I was told that's a hard requirement.
It got me thinking that I could have just said I travel on Thursday 8/10/2023 and they'd have had no way of knowing, but I'm not going to lie to the State Department.
But they are closed weekends, meaning I need to call back Monday, which is a mere 11 days before traveling.
Am I screwed here? What are the odds I get any kind of positive response? Should I consider rebooking?
Originally Posted by
Vegas Vegan
ETA:
I called Saturday 7am PT. Was the agent's second call
Unfortunately, the 14 days
exactly from date of travel does
NOT include weekends (or federal holidays), so I need to call yet again first thing tomorrow morning. Wish that exclusion was noted somewhere on the website.
Halfway to panicville
How did this go for you? I am in the exact same position.