Originally Posted by
EchoVictor
FYI, you can get your passport renewed and completely reissued in Manhattan in about 2-3 hours. Cost is $120 which is only $60 more than normal. Federal building at West Houston & Hudson.
I did this in Boston in 2003. I had my new Passport issued on Feb 13th around 4:00pm, I was on a 7:00pm flight from BOS to LHR.
I did get questioned by Immigrations at LHR on why my passport was less than 24hrs old, weird question. I answered something like I had a sudden urge for a Cadbury Crunchie Bar, the agent laughed and I was on my way.
Just the other day I had a colleague in Canada, with a British Passport, call me about his expired passport and the need to travel to the US. He found a solution, but watching your expiration date is important. I just wrote about this the other day on my blog for traveling photographers
http://flyingwithfish.blogspot.com/2...nt-paying.html