I posted my details a few posts above. So I"m back in NYC right now. I am planning to be here for around 2 weeks or so or a tiny bit more at the most. It's now almost the weekend. So my only option should be to book an urgent appointment right? I did not even take any passport photo yet. So if even if I do that tomorrow and say I send it in expedited via USPS postal office, I would get it back in 2 weeks most likely or at the best 10 days?
I read a post a while back in this thread from someone who is from NYC and they posted below. I have to assume this was regular and not expedited since they didn't mention expedited? That seems very fast? The thing if you do it online, how exactly did this person send their new passport photo? Did they upload it after taking a picture of it from their phone? They had to take a photo of themselves as a passport photo place right? Then they took a photo of if with their phone? Is that how it works? I read online you could take a photo of yourself with your iPhone and do it but it is risky right because if they don't accept the picture, now you risk it taking even longer as they would reject it? So never do it on your phone right and always do it at a passport photo place? If your photo gets rejected, how many days would they let you know where you have to do it again? So if taking own photo with iphone, you could get rejected multiples times right if photo isn't accepted? I got to assume you won't be paying an additional fee each time you get rejected and resubmit again right? Their post below.
I just did my renewal online.
Submitted online 12/6/24
Payment marked "received" 12/9/24
Passport delivered 12/16/24
If I do expedited and use USPS for this, it would be very close to when I am leaving right? The thing is I did not book my ticket yet but will do so very soon. The other thing is after I book my ticket, I might change it a few days later though or maybe soon as I could make changes without any fees. So it's March 21 right now. Say I want to book a flight for April 5 so 2 weeks from now. I have to wait till tomorrow March 22 to book an early appointment right since departure has to be 14 days or less? Or can I do this now? Say I book the urgent appointment tomorrow. Does anyone know what appointment schedules will they most likely show up for me? I believe they will give you several day and time slots to choose from right? Does anyone know if it would be possible the earliest day might be early next week or is that very unlikely? I heard they make preference to people who have flights very soon like a few days. The other thing is always choose an early time slot right because that way you get it back same day in the afternoon as oppose to having to come back few days later or them shipping it to you? Is this true? So make sure your appointment is no later than what time? Like 8:30am?
The thing is could I go on the website and just make up some dates to play around with it just to see what is available or the website doesn't allow you to do this? Like say I enter my flight departure to be say March 27 just to check what the appointment date and time available would be. I can do that right just to check it out? The other thing I want to ask is this. I don't recall where I read this posted by someone but that person said doing this would be unethical. That person said you could actually book an earlier flight than you expect to leave on. So say you will leave on April 5 but say you book a flight for March 27. Well that way you could book an urgent appointment earlier since it's less than 14 days. The thing would be it gives you more priority so your urgent appointment could be much sooner than normal. Does anyone know if that is true or not? This person is obviously implying that after you do this and then get your passport, you can then change your flight date to a later date. The thing is would you have trouble doing this though? The thing is many people change flight dates due to their plans so someone doing an urgent passport and booking a correct departure date of when they will fly out and then get their passport... well they might have something where they have to change their flight or cancel their flight. I am going to book my flight for the day I'm leaving on so I will have to wait till tomorrow I believe to book an urgent appointment but does what that person suggested work though?