DS11 minor with first time passport
Submitted with routine processing fee but website said "you requested expedited service", so not sure which process it went through.

3/13: Appointment in person at acceptance facility
3/19: In Process (locator code 69)
4/01 (Fri): "Shipped" via Priority Mail w/ tracking number
4/04 (Mon): Accepted by USPS in Arkansas
4/07: Expected delivery

10 days to process, 25 days door to door.

Applied for Renewal using routine service

• Mailed: 3/18/2022 to Irving Texas
• Delivered: 3/21/2022
• In Process: Status showed application was active starting 3/28/2022
• Check Cleared: 3/29/2022
• Approved/Shipped: 4/6/2022
• Received: 4/9/2022

I registered for email notifications but I never received any updates. I was surprised by the USPS Priority Mail envelope in my box this morning.

Did you receive a NexGen (new type) passport?

I'm not sure what a NexGen passport looks like. It seems to be just like my old passport (with the RFID biometrics).

I don't think I got a new format of the book. I didn't see any of the new features/artifacts on the picture page. So it will be another 10 years for me.

Thanks for posting this helpful information. Quick turnaround!

What were the first two digits of your application locator number? These numbers indicate in which passport office your application was examined and approved (where your scanned application was sent after being received in the big PO Box in Irving).

From where was your new passport mailed to you?

I don't have the locator number. I always used the online status query. My new book was mailed from Passport Service Dos Tuscon. At least that is what the USPS Informed Delivery says.

OK. That means your passport was printed in Tucson (one of the two big US passport printing plants -- the other is in Hot Springs, Arkansas). But some US passports are printed elsewhere. If you have a record of any of the online status queries you made, the query returns your locator number. Look for it in the status message. The first two digits tell you in which office your application was examined and approved. Since yours was a renewal application, I believe your old passport will be mailed back to you from that office.

Never made a copy of any of the status queries. Actually I am amazed at the turnaround time. We are travelling in August and I had read so many horror stories about the time required for a renewal that my wife and I applied earlier than we normally would.

On a side note, I wish passports worked like GE Pass IDs. Where you are assigned a permanent number and you can apply for renewal at any tim up to a year before expirations and your new book is good for 10 years after the old book's expiration date.

Renewing US passport
 

Hello everyone,
I have to renew my passport. Here's what the timeline is looking like for my renewal so far (note: my request is expedited):

4/8: Mailed off passport at a local USPS here in the NW suburbs of Chicago via USPS priority mail (~$9)
4/11: Passport app arrived in Philly
Today (4/13): My check was cashed and my app is trackable in the system, locator #69.

I'll update the thread as more milestones happen.

I'm also running a contest between German and US passport authorities as I had to renew my German passport last summer. It took my German passport around 29 days to be renewed. We'll see who wins (my prediction is that Germany will, but we will see).

Best,
Erica

Applied for Renewal using Routine service
• Mailed: 3/12/22 via USPS
• Delivered: 3/15/22

• Check cashed and processing as of 3/24/22
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• Status changed to Approved as of 4/14/22 (delivery estimated by 4/16)

Will Update the rest as it comes

DS82 adult with recently expired passport
Submitted for routine service + routine mailing

3/7: Mailed via Priority Mail
3/9: Delivered to Irving, Texas
3/17: In Process (locator code 69)
4/11: Approved, "expected 4/18" (no tracking number given)
4/15: arrived in mailbox

25 days in processing, 39 days door to door

(edited to reflect actual arrival date)

Thanks for the update. Did you mail your application to Philadelphia or Irving? What are the first two digits of your locator code? Those two digits indicate where your application was processed and approved (see the key at the top of this page). When you receive your passport, we passport geeks would love to know whether it is a Next Gen (new style) passport or the current (since ~2007) style (aka E-passport), and from where it was mailed (and printed -- typically Tucson AZ or Hot Springs AR).

Thanks for the timely update.
NextGen passport?
Large book (50-52 pages) or regular (26-28 pages)?
Mailed to you from where?