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Old Mar 1, 2022, 6:35 am
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Passport Agency Appointments (same day expedited service)
Appointments for same-day expedited service often go quickly. It is best that you schedule your appointment with the passport agency exactly 14 days before your trip. You will want to call the passport number before the center opens at 8am EST as they will have just opened up one day (14 days out) of appointments at all agencies. Appointment times start at 8am. It is important that you have enough buffer in your travel schedule. For example, if you make an appointment for a new passport at 11am and your time of travel is at 2pm, there will not be enough time for you to get your passport. If you book the 8am slot you may have to wait until the end of the business day to get your new passport or it may only be a few hours.

You will want to have your date of travel, time of travel, your flight itinerary number, name of destination, full name of applicant, and applicant's birth city, and the zip code of where you live (to help them find the closest available center with open slots). Use the following steps to increase your chances of success to booking an appointment as they can go very quickly:
  1. 14 days before your trip, you need to schedule an appointment with the passport agency.
  2. At 7:55 am call the passport number 877-487-2778 (This have to be exactly 14 days before your plane ticket or less. If less, it will get harder to find an appointment)
  3. Click 1 (For English)
  4. Click 2 (New Passport)
  5. Continue to Click 7 to repeat, and keep doing this while watching your watch or using Time.gov to get the exact time down to the second.
  6. When your it hits exactly 8:00 am Click 2 (for traveling within 14 days option)
  7. There will be a delay of 3-4 second and you will wait for the next available agent. If you are very lucky, you will be put straight through to an agent. You may be waiting few minutes or maybe as long as 15-20 minutes.
  8. If you did not click 1 exactly at 8 am, you may have to wait for more than an hour and half
After the appointment slot has been reserved you will be provided with a unique identifier code and reservation number. These details will also be emailed to you.

Credit: chgoeditor

Known office locator numbers (not complete)
Note: The office code (first two digits of your application locator number returned by Passport Status) is the office reviewing your documents and approving your application. It isn't necessarily the address you mailed the forms to (always Irving or Philadelphia for renewals) nor the facility where the book is physically printed and mailed (often Tucson or Hot Springs).

10: Boston
11: NYC
12: Honolulu
14: Stamford, CT
15: Portsmouth, NH
17: Aurora, CO
18: Chicago
19: Washington, DC
20-29: Portsmouth, NH
34-39: Charleston
40-42: New Orleans, LA
45: Portsmouth, NH
50: Los Angeles, CA
51: Miami
53: Seattle
54: Minneapolis
55: Dallas
56: Detroit
57: San Francisco
58: Philadelphia, PA
61-64: Tucson
65: Hot Springs, AR
67: San Juan, PR
68: Portsmouth, NH
69: Portsmouth, NH
71: US embassies/consulates abroad (possibly Portsmouth, NH)
74: Atlanta
75: St Albans, VT
76: San Diego, CA
77: Buffalo, NY
78: El Paso, TX
79: Houston, TX
80: Special Issuance Agency ("Issues diplomatic, official, service, and no-fee regular passports, and facilitates visa processing for those traveling on behalf of the U.S. government.")
95: Online

A list of agencies and their locator numbers is listed on this page under the heading, "List of passport agencies and centers with locator numbers."

H/T Nayef, txviking, and various individual posts both here and on Reddit. If you have a locator not in the above list, check the return address agency name or postmark/ZIP on your returned citizenship docs, or passport card if you applied for one, which may be the processing office, although the address itself is likely to be a PO Box in Sterling, VA in all cases (which appears to be a lockbox location that processes mail for all locations). The passport books are printed in fewer locations, often Hot Springs and Tucson, and may not correspond to the agency where the processing steps occurred. If it doesnt match the list above, please add or correct.
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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 3:34 pm
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How long does it usually take to get the citizenship evidence back after receiving the passport and passport card? I've heard a week is typical, but it's been longer than that. (I'm not panicking just yet, but I'm anxious to get my naturalization certificate back.)
Mine came back within two weeks (but it might have actually been closer to 10 days or sooner as I dont usually go to my box but once a week). Pre-COVID it usually arrived within a week of the passport.
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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 4:10 pm
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2 passport applications submitted on May 26th in Tampa, Florida for standard service - Completed in 9 weeks

1. Child renewal (~6 weeks) Submitted via postal service appointment It was moved to accepted status on 6/16, approved on 7/8 and received on 7/10 via Tuscon facility
2 Adult Renewal (~9 weeks)- Mailed priority mail from post office on 5/26 - Accepted on 6/17, Approved on 7/28 and received on 7/30 via Arkansas -
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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 10:30 pm
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My first post here. I got a lot of information here. I want to share my timeline.
6/24 apply passport renew for my son. With the coming trip in 8/20 in mind, I paid the money for expedited service and overnight shipping.
6/29 received the application and status is changed to processing in 6/30
7/31 got email that the application is approved
8/2 got shipping information and tracking number. The passport will be delivered tomorrow.
I was about to contact the senator and got the approval email.
The shipment is from AZ...
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Old Aug 3, 2021 | 7:11 am
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Adult and child renewals done at some US embassies in the Schengen area are taking under 3 weeks between application submission and receipt of passport — and that’s even when not doing in-person pick-ups. But that is for people who managed to get appointments at them.

Originally Posted by txviking
How long does it usually take to get the citizenship evidence back after receiving the passport and passport card? I've heard a week is typical, but it's been longer than that. (I'm not panicking just yet, but I'm anxious to get my naturalization certificate back.)
If within 1-4 weeks after receiving the new passport, I wouldn’t worry about it. More than 6 weeks for the citizenship evidence to get back, then I would say there is a chance that things went a way I wouldn’t want them to go if it were I in the position.
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Old Aug 4, 2021 | 8:50 pm
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UPDATE

06/24 - Became a US citizen, applied for a passport at USPS, expedited processing.
06/25 - Application Delivered
06/28 - In Process
08/04 - Email Notification, Application Status: Approved
08/04 - Email Notification, Passport shipped.

I had a trip to Europe planned for 08/02 and I ended up canceling. Got an eCredit from Delta.
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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 12:06 am
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Originally Posted by FabCW
UPDATE

06/24 - Became a US citizen, applied for a passport at USPS, expedited processing.
06/25 - Application Delivered
06/28 - In Process
08/04 - Email Notification, Application Status: Approved
08/04 - Email Notification, Passport shipped.

I had a trip to Europe planned for 08/02 and I ended up canceling. Got an eCredit from Delta.
Congratulations on your citizenship!

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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 10:32 am
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Us passport 2021

I sent my passport july 19 via post office in miami beach, paid for expedited service, just checked today 8/5 and it says approved and said will receive god willing 8/7.
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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 5:48 pm
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So does it actually matter if I provide travel dates on the application?
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Old Aug 5, 2021 | 10:23 pm
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Not really i left it blank.
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Old Aug 6, 2021 | 10:26 am
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FINAL UPDATE

06/24 - Became a US citizen, applied for a passport at USPS, expedited processing.
06/25 - Application Delivered
06/28 - In Process
08/04 - Email Notification, Application Status: Approved
08/04 - Email Notification, Passport shipped.
08/06 - Passport received.

Good luck to everyone! ❤️
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Old Aug 6, 2021 | 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Nayef
So does it actually matter if I provide travel dates on the application?
At least for applications submitted outside of the US, it can matter.
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Old Aug 6, 2021 | 12:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Nayef
So does it actually matter if I provide travel dates on the application?
Originally Posted by GUWonder
At least for applications submitted outside of the US, it can matter.
I presume it matters only with regard to the order in which things are processed. If there is n planned travel then there is no need to rush to process the application faster.
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Old Aug 8, 2021 | 6:07 pm
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Got my passport yesterday. Here's my timeline for my expedited new passport.
6/24 - Applied at the post office
6/29 - Passport Received and Processing
8/5 - Passport Approved
8/7 - Got my passport
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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 1:19 pm
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Here's another datapoint for expedited renewal service:

7/12 - Sent renewal in (Priority Mail Express)
7/13 - USPS shows delivered in Philadelphia
7/16 - Passport status update shows "In Process" - locator number starts with 68
8/7 - Passport status update shows "Approved" - ETA of 8/11
8/7 - Passport status update shows "Shipped" - ETA of 8/11
8/9 - Passport shipped from Arkansas
8/10 - Passport delivered to me

So roughly 4 weeks to complete, including mailing.
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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 9:06 pm
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I have travel booked for 8/23. My daughter's passport needs to be renewed. I was able to get an appointment at the Passport Agency for 8/23 at 11:00 AM, nothing sooner. In order to make my flight I would have to be out of the passport agency by 3PM or so. Is this possible? I was not able to get a real answer from the person who made the appointment for me but they recommended I go ahead and book the appoitnment. I have been to the passport agency before, prepandemic, and I did get my passport back same day but I don't recall how long it took as it was many years ago. I considered changing my flight for a day or two later but United says it will cost over $2k to change.
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