Originally Posted by
LouiseMc
Received my renewed passport back today, the 18th, after mailing it regular mail on the 5th. Pretty fast turnover for sure. My old passport had extra pages added but I did not receive the extra pages in the new passport as requested. Also didn't receive my old passport but it appears that may come later - I really wanted it as a keepsake.
I sent my renewal paperwork via first class mail on October 2nd and received my new e-passport back via priority mail on the 19th. In the priority mail envelope was a double sided flyer stating that if your new passport was included in the envelope, the supporting documents which were included with the application would be returned separately. There was also a flyer with travel tips/advice and a bit of info on the new e-passport.
On the 23rd, my old newly canceled passport came back in a plain #10 sized white envelope, via first class mail. One of the two passport photos that I included as part of the renewal was stapled to the signature page of the old passport. Included in this envelope was the same flyer stating that if your passport was included in this envelope, the supporting documents would be mailed separately or vice versa...
There's a red rectangular date stamp on the signature page "cancelled" and two hole punches on the cover of the passport where the scanners would read:
P<USALASTNAME<<FIRST NAME<<
PASSPORTNUMBERUSA<DOBetc