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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 doesn’t match the list above, please add or correct.
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Old Dec 20, 2021, 7:02 am
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Has anyone recently applied for a passport at a consulate & gotten an NGP back?

I've not been able to find any recent data points.
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 7:29 am
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Came back from intl travel on 12/14. Don't plan to travel again til mid-late Feb. Reading the reports on here, I'm taking a chance and doing routine service. I can always upgrade if needed.
I am in south jersey so the Philadelphia PO box is just a few miles away.
  • Mailed: Wednesday, 12/15/21 via first class mail (probably received on Friday 12/17/21)
  • In Process: Monday, 12/20/21 (Locator 34 'Charleston')
  • Check Cashed: Tuesday, 12/21/21
  • Shipping: TBD
  • Received: TBD
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Old Dec 21, 2021, 8:53 am
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
We have the same dates so far! Though I only renewed the book and just requested the smaller book this time since I didn't use even half of my larger book I sent it.


Mailed: 12/13/21 via priority mail
Delivered: 12/19/21 -- so much for "3 day Priority Mail"
In Process:
Check Cashed:
Shipped - Book:
Received - Book:

I just updated my dates.
I thought about going with the smaller book as I ended up not using most of the larger, but since the cost is the same I didn't see a downside to getting the larger one again. While it's unlikely that my business travel will pick up again due to the beer virus, it can't hurt to have it just in case.
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Old Dec 23, 2021, 3:56 pm
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Fast turnaround:

Documents sent: December 14 (adult + child)
Passports received: December 23

Expedited service and expedited mail - SoCal
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Old Dec 23, 2021, 6:15 pm
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Has anyone subscribed to email updates? I subscribed before they received the application and didn't get anything when they received it.
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Old Dec 24, 2021, 11:12 am
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Originally Posted by harryca
11/12 - Appointment at post office for my son, Form DS11 for under 18 above 16. Expedited service

11/16 - state department acknowledgment on the website, check cashed the next day.
Update:
11/12 - Appointment at post office for my son, Form DS11 for under 18 above 16. Expedited service
11/16 - state department acknowledgment on the website, check cashed the next day. Locator 53=Seattle
12/22 - Received passport, still waiting for other documents to be returned
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Old Dec 25, 2021, 4:37 pm
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Originally Posted by eng3
Has anyone subscribed to email updates? I subscribed before they received the application and didn't get anything when they received it.
yes, never got any updates for any events. Passport received two months ago.
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Old Dec 26, 2021, 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by eng3
Has anyone subscribed to email updates? I subscribed before they received the application and didn't get anything when they received it.
Originally Posted by cjw2001
yes, never got any updates for any events. Passport received two months ago.
Same -- I signed up for email updates before they received my application and also after they received my application and never got any kind of email.
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Old Dec 26, 2021, 6:53 pm
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Locator 34 / Charleston

Standard mail in renewal.

Delivered: 11/18/21
Check Cashed: 11/19/21

No update since. Hoping to travel early Feb. and hoping we get some indicator of its status before booking anything.
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by cjw2001
yes, never got any updates for any events. Passport received two months ago.
That's within the range of normal. A substantial chunk of applications going back years never got an email update or never got an update until after passport was received; and this remains the case still.
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 10:51 am
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Anyone used Rush My Passport in recent weeks? I'd prefer to use them rather than rely on USPS and the poorly run passport offices.
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 11:10 am
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Can you email [email protected] to get any info about your passport status or is it only basic questions they can answer?
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by mendelk
Can you email [email protected] to get any info about your passport status or is it only basic questions they can answer?
Got an auto reply with "This is the only reply you will receive to your email.". So I guess not
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Anyone used Rush My Passport in recent weeks? I'd prefer to use them rather than rely on USPS and the poorly run passport offices.
Services like this do not have a magical back door to the passport office. They claim to submit your passport application and have your passport in hand the next day, but I don't see how they can possibly make good on this promise, given that the State Department itself says their "...new process will ensure third-party services cannot book appointments."

I also recommend taking a look at the Better Business Bureau pages for Rush My Passport.
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Old Dec 27, 2021, 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by txviking
Services like this do not have a magical back door to the passport office. They claim to submit your passport application and have your passport in hand the next day, but I don't see how they can possibly make good on this promise, given that the State Department itself says their "...new process will ensure third-party services cannot book appointments."

I also recommend taking a look at the Better Business Bureau pages for Rush My Passport.
Oh that's interesting...I don't see why that would be an issue from their point of view. Not everyone lives near a passport center or can do a walk-in appointment. As someone who has had their passport lost by USPS, I would rather someone walk it in. That is disappointing.
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