Current US Passport Expediting wait times
Apr 2, 2008, 9:23 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newport News, VA
Programs: HH Gold, NW Silver
Posts: 172
Officially:
Routine - 4 weeks
Expedited - 3 weeks
http://travel.state.gov/passport/get...sing_1740.html
Unofficially (about a month ago, times may have increased as summer gets closer):
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796299
Routine - 4 weeks
Expedited - 3 weeks
http://travel.state.gov/passport/get...sing_1740.html
Unofficially (about a month ago, times may have increased as summer gets closer):
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=796299
Apr 2, 2008, 10:34 am
#3
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 15
I just got it done by mail in 5 days
My ratty old passport had less than 6 months so I called up the Passport Service hot line. The lady told me it's probably oh, 3 weeks. Well, I went to Walgreens and had new pics taken for ~$7; put my old passport together with the new pics and a renewal app and a personal check for ~$151; gave ~$16 to the post office for ExpressMail. And I just received my brand new passport today. Total: 5 working days. Very impressive.
Be sure to mail your app to the Expedite P.O. Box in Phila., mark "EXPEDITE" on lower left hand corner of the ExpressMail envelope (the Post Office also has "EXPEDITE" labels just for this purpose if you ask - I had them slap a couple extra on front and back), and mark "EXPEDITE-EM" on your check. (EM stands for ExpressMail return).
Be sure to mail your app to the Expedite P.O. Box in Phila., mark "EXPEDITE" on lower left hand corner of the ExpressMail envelope (the Post Office also has "EXPEDITE" labels just for this purpose if you ask - I had them slap a couple extra on front and back), and mark "EXPEDITE-EM" on your check. (EM stands for ExpressMail return).
Last edited by raustin; Apr 2, 2008 at 10:43 am
Apr 3, 2008, 7:27 am
#5
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,171
Applied for our sons new passport on Jan 31 and paid the 3 week expedition fee. The passport was completed Feb 5 and in the mailbox on Feb 8.
According to the person working at the county clerks office the key to make it go faster is to fill out the DS forms online and then print them off. That way the DoS already has all the data in their system and you skip a few data entry steps which speeds up the process.
According to the person working at the county clerks office the key to make it go faster is to fill out the DS forms online and then print them off. That way the DoS already has all the data in their system and you skip a few data entry steps which speeds up the process.
