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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)
#1696
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
Wanted to bump this up in case someone didn't catch it.
Just tried to renew my new passport on Global Entry and it said I have to appear in person (arrgh).
But then I thought, let's see what FT thinks has a solution?
#1697
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
Programs: United MileagePlus, SkyMiles, AAdvantage, NEXUS
Posts: 3,034
Go to the nearest enrollment center at your nearest major international airport and get it done there. Bring your GE card and new passport and another form of ID.
#1698
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,885
That is why I’m thankful I read about it here.
Not everyone lives near an international airport. I wonder how many people think they have to go through that hassle?
Last edited by chavala; Oct 25, 2021 at 9:21 am
#1699
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 13
I wonder if I'm going to hit the record for passport delays. Standard service, no rush, we don't have any international travel plans until Feb.
7/22/2021: Appointment at USPS for my two underage kids to renew their passports
8/06/2021: Passport "received" according to US Passport website (42 locator - New Orleans)
crickets....
7/22/2021: Appointment at USPS for my two underage kids to renew their passports
8/06/2021: Passport "received" according to US Passport website (42 locator - New Orleans)
crickets....
#1701
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: SEA
Programs: SPG Platinum (Lifetime Gold), AA Lifetime Gold, HHonors Diamond, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 182
9/18/21 - mailed passport renewal express mail (expedited service)
9/22/21 - website showed application status as processing
10/22/21 - passport received - old style passport
9/22/21 - website showed application status as processing
10/22/21 - passport received - old style passport
#1703
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 2
09/28/21 - New Passport Self + Minor, Standard/Non-Expedited processing. Application at a local county clerk office in Maryland
10/04/21 - Website showed application status as processing (locator #10 Boston)
10/26/21 - Passport shipped from Little Rock, Arkansas.
10/28/21 - Passport received - NOT a nextgen passport
Took a month from application to passport in hand, waiting for supporting documents to be mailed back.
No updates was received by email, although I signed up for it.
10/04/21 - Website showed application status as processing (locator #10 Boston)
10/26/21 - Passport shipped from Little Rock, Arkansas.
10/28/21 - Passport received - NOT a nextgen passport
Took a month from application to passport in hand, waiting for supporting documents to be mailed back.
No updates was received by email, although I signed up for it.
#1704
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
09/28/21 - New Passport Self + Minor, Standard/Non-Expedited processing. Application at a local county clerk office in Maryland
10/04/21 - Website showed application status as processing (locator #10 Boston)
10/26/21 - Passport shipped from Little Rock, Arkansas.
10/28/21 - Passport received - NOT a nextgen passport
Took a month from application to passport in hand, waiting for supporting documents to be mailed back.
No updates was received by email, although I signed up for it.
10/04/21 - Website showed application status as processing (locator #10 Boston)
10/26/21 - Passport shipped from Little Rock, Arkansas.
10/28/21 - Passport received - NOT a nextgen passport
Took a month from application to passport in hand, waiting for supporting documents to be mailed back.
No updates was received by email, although I signed up for it.
#1705
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 11
09/28/21 - Passport renewal application for two minors at the post office in Cupertino, CA with expedited processing
10/01/21 - Website shows in progress with record locator number starting with 68
No update on the website and received no email since then. Is this normal? Thanks!
10/01/21 - Website shows in progress with record locator number starting with 68
No update on the website and received no email since then. Is this normal? Thanks!
#1706
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indianapolis area
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 436
09/25/2021 - Passport renewal application sent via First Class Mail (no special handling)
10/01/2021 - Check cleared the bank
10/26/2021 - Passport mailed from Little Rock (per USPS tracking)
10/28/2021 - New passport (not nextgen) received via Priority Mail
Pretty quick turnaround considering 18 weeks was the advertised expectation.
10/01/2021 - Check cleared the bank
10/26/2021 - Passport mailed from Little Rock (per USPS tracking)
10/28/2021 - New passport (not nextgen) received via Priority Mail
Pretty quick turnaround considering 18 weeks was the advertised expectation.
#1708
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 26
09/25/2021 - Passport renewal application sent via First Class Mail (no special handling)
10/01/2021 - Check cleared the bank
10/26/2021 - Passport mailed from Little Rock (per USPS tracking)
10/28/2021 - New passport (not nextgen) received via Priority Mail
Pretty quick turnaround considering 18 weeks was the advertised expectation.
10/01/2021 - Check cleared the bank
10/26/2021 - Passport mailed from Little Rock (per USPS tracking)
10/28/2021 - New passport (not nextgen) received via Priority Mail
Pretty quick turnaround considering 18 weeks was the advertised expectation.
I am going to give it till November 15th then am contacting my House Rep or Senator. Travel is not till December 20th so I figured I had plenty of time.
#1709
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 7
reference point: child renewal at USPS, expedited everything
9/25 applied for both kids to renew at the post office, expedited application and express return mail
9/27 applications arrived at destination (Philadelphia) according to USPS
10/16 as of today, both applications still say "not available" and that it may take up to 4 weeks to be listed as "in process". Check has not been cashed. It's only been 3 weeks, but this doesn't seem like a good sign...
How bad is this?? We have flight itinerary/price locked for another week, at which point we will have to decide whether to book for this trip that would start Nov. 18 (which would be just under 8 weeks from when we applied). Dates are not flexible. Do we have hope?
My adult application renewal was mailed (expedited) the same day from the same USPS facility, and showed up as in process on 9/29, with check cashed the same day. No movement since then.
9/25 applied for both kids to renew at the post office, expedited application and express return mail
9/27 applications arrived at destination (Philadelphia) according to USPS
10/16 as of today, both applications still say "not available" and that it may take up to 4 weeks to be listed as "in process". Check has not been cashed. It's only been 3 weeks, but this doesn't seem like a good sign...
How bad is this?? We have flight itinerary/price locked for another week, at which point we will have to decide whether to book for this trip that would start Nov. 18 (which would be just under 8 weeks from when we applied). Dates are not flexible. Do we have hope?
My adult application renewal was mailed (expedited) the same day from the same USPS facility, and showed up as in process on 9/29, with check cashed the same day. No movement since then.
#1710
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 11
My kid's passport got approved today. Message on the website says - will be delivered by 10/31.
09/28/21 - Passport renewal application for two minors at the post office in Cupertino, CA with expedited processing
10/01/21 - Website shows in progress with record locator number starting with 68
10/29/21 - Approved. Waiting for delivery mail.
09/28/21 - Passport renewal application for two minors at the post office in Cupertino, CA with expedited processing
10/01/21 - Website shows in progress with record locator number starting with 68
10/29/21 - Approved. Waiting for delivery mail.