Originally Posted by hfly
Kathy, I thought you read FT more than that!! Never do the pages in the US....It takes days or weeks...... and you PAY FOR THEM.
False. There is NO CHARGE. See page two of the DS-19 where it says, "There is no fee to have a U.S. passport amended:"
http://travel.state.gov/pdf/DS-0019.pdf
Of course, it will cost you something to mail the passport (but no doubt it also costs cab or bus fare to go to a U.S. Embassy abroad
). And if you do want Expedited Service, that is $60.
At an embassy/consulate abroad it takes 20 minutes MAX (Personally I've done it in less than 5) and its free.
When I am traveling, I may have better things to do than search out the U.S. Embassy. However, I will keep this option in mind. @:-)
Still waiting for an answer from someone who has mailed their passport to Charleston (and did NOT pay the $60 expedite fee)....