Originally Posted by dkes0001 (Post 33592854)

Applied at Post office 9/10/21
Status shows in progress 9/14/21
Status shows approved 9/24/21
"You requested expedited service when you applied, which we are currently processing within 6 weeks. You should receive your passport book on or around 09/29/2021."

If it comes when they say it will be about 20 days from start to finish.
I am in Texas. Post office guy said he sends it to Irving Tx.

I was thinking I had 12 weeks. I never imagined it coming in the same month of application.

I am pretty shocked.

Originally Posted by dkes0001 (Post 33603035)

Passport arrived today.

18 days from the day I dropped it at the post office

Originally Posted by travel44ever (Post 33603702)

What office was yours processed through? Is it next gen?

Has anyone received a next gen large book?

My wife and I applied for the large book and card with expedited service.

9/07: Mailed renewal application
9/10: Marked as delivered to PA
9/14: "In Process" with a locator # starting with 68

Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 33516823)

Baby Swede's passport expires in March 2022. No immediate int'l travel plans (sky-high prices to the Caribbean over Thanksgiving and Christmas squashed those ideas), but I still paid for expedited service just in case.

7/23 - Miraculous found an evening weekday appointment for 8/19 at the USPS Altura Facility in Aurora, CO
8/19 5:30pm - Took Baby Swede to get her passport renewed; Mrs. Swede had to attend Miss Swede's back-to-school night, so we got the DS-3053 form filled out
8/19 6:00pm - Arrived and knocked on the door; USPS employee confirmed name and let us in
8/19 6:05pm - Ask to approach the desk; USPS employee looks over everything and rejects the application. DS-3053 was filled out with blue ink, not black. Ugh.
8/19 6:10pm - USPS employee was super helpful, and said everything else was acceptable.
8/19 6:10pm - He also said that walk-ins are accepted first-come-first-serve between 9-11am every Tuesday through Saturday, but he did warn that people line up super early. It's not the Aurora Passport Agency, but hey.
8/19 7:00pm - Came home and hopped on my laptop to find another passport appointment that wasn't in the middle of the weekday 100 miles away
8/19 7:02pm - Book appointment for the next morning at 7:45am at the same USPS facility! :eek:
8/20 6:45am - Baby Swede, Mrs. Swede, and I drive back to Aurora
8/20 7:25am - Arrive and knock on the door; we're let inside
8/20 7:32am - The 7:30am appointment doesn't show up, so we're processed
8/20 7:45am - Back out the door

Props to the employees at the USPS Altura Facility. They run a super efficient operation.

tl;dr - if you don't want to drive to rural Colorado, you might want to give the walk-in line at the USPS Altura Facility a try

Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 33605596)

Whenever I remember, I would check the State Dept's website for her passport status. Each time it was "Not Available"--even when I checked around 9/19. The website did say "up to 4 weeks."

I come home from work on 9/22, and an Priority Mail envelope with Baby Swede's new passport is in it. It was issued on 9/21 and sent the same day from NH. I even signed up for e-mail updates, and I didn't receive a single e-mail.

Originally Posted by Section 107 (Post 33608683)

when submitting a passport application, can one request which processing center to send it to?

Originally Posted by John Isaac (Post 33608879)

I just saw one of the new US Passports in person----Pretty cool!!!! The photo page is sealed in hard plastic like many European Passports.

And the Passport number started with a letter.

The government website says you may or may not get the new version right away

I sure hope I get one.

Originally Posted by John Isaac (Post 33611843)

travel44ever:
The person that showed me their new style Passport got their's through Philadelphia----just like I dod

But that was their first Passport ever and was regular size, whereas mine was a renewal, expedited, and the larger size

Don't know if that made the difference or not. Who knows with the government.