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:
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 doesn’t match the list above, please add or correct.
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:
- 14 days before your trip, you need to schedule an appointment with the passport agency.
- 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)
- Click 1 (For English)
- Click 2 (New Passport)
- 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.
- When your it hits exactly 8:00 am Click 2 (for traveling within 14 days option)
- 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.
- If you did not click 1 exactly at 8 am, you may have to wait for more than an hour and half
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 doesn’t match the list above, please add or correct.
Current US passport wait? (Merged Threads)
Sep 28, 2021, 11:19 am
#1636
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 2
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.
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.
18 days from the day I dropped it at the post office
Sep 28, 2021, 3:44 pm
#1637
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 14
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
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
Sep 28, 2021, 3:49 pm
#1638
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
Programs: United MileagePlus, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, NEXUS
Posts: 3,034
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
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
Sep 29, 2021, 10:09 am
#1639
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA Silver, Bonvoy Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 21,561
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!
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
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!
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
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.
Sep 29, 2021, 2:32 pm
#1640
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
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.
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.
Sep 30, 2021, 11:56 am
#1642
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
Programs: United MileagePlus, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, NEXUS
Posts: 3,034
Sep 30, 2021, 12:42 pm
#1643
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 241
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.
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.
Sep 30, 2021, 3:21 pm
#1645
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
Programs: United MileagePlus, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, NEXUS
Posts: 3,034
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.
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.
Sep 30, 2021, 4:02 pm
#1646
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 1
Here's my experience for reference:
8/26: Renewal Application for Child at Local Acceptance Facility (Expedite everything)
8/30: Tracking USPS shows arrival in PA facility
8/31: Check cashed
9/7: Application received - In Process - 42 location
9/13: Another? Application Received - In Process
9/30: Approved
9/30: Passport Arrives
Start to finish, 35 days for expedite
8/26: Renewal Application for Child at Local Acceptance Facility (Expedite everything)
8/30: Tracking USPS shows arrival in PA facility
8/31: Check cashed
9/7: Application received - In Process - 42 location
9/13: Another? Application Received - In Process
9/30: Approved
9/30: Passport Arrives
Start to finish, 35 days for expedite
Oct 1, 2021, 11:48 am
#1647
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 241
Nayef:
Lucky you. Mine just came in the mail today---and it was the old style. I'm disappointed.
It's probably random who gets it but I was wondering---I applied for a renewal on Aug. 30 & applied for the larger version with more pages.
Is yours the larger version or regular size version?? I guess I am trying to see if there is a pattern for who gets what (probably not)
Lucky you. Mine just came in the mail today---and it was the old style. I'm disappointed.
It's probably random who gets it but I was wondering---I applied for a renewal on Aug. 30 & applied for the larger version with more pages.
Is yours the larger version or regular size version?? I guess I am trying to see if there is a pattern for who gets what (probably not)
Oct 1, 2021, 2:02 pm
#1649
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 241
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.
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.
Oct 1, 2021, 2:54 pm
#1650
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
Programs: United MileagePlus, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, NEXUS
Posts: 3,034
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.
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.