Mar 1, 2022, 6:35 am
Last edit by: CKDGM
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 doesnt 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 doesnt match the list above, please add or correct.
Current US passport wait? (Merged Threads)
Apr 16, 2022 | 2:02 pm
#1921
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 2,615
Not sure on the other answers, this was an application for a friend I was helping them with. I was tracking it online and they told me it arrived but I didn't see it myself or see the envelope.
Apr 16, 2022 | 2:04 pm
#1922
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: NEXUS
Posts: 54
Routine Renewal
Adult renewal, routine processing, no speedy delivery, standard-size passport book
Mailed: 3/26/22 to Philadelphia from NJ (regular USPS first class mail, so no tracking)
Received: Probably 3/28
In process and check deposited: 4/6; Locator: 69 (Philadelphia)
Will keep you posted as the plot unfolds.
To fill out the DS-82 renewal application form, I used the form filler on the State Dept. website, which put a nifty 2D barcode in the upper left corner of my application when I printed it. I assume that 2D barcodes are magic, and wonder if the reception-to-processing timeframe is longer if you submit a handwritten form. If you have data, please share.
Mailed: 3/26/22 to Philadelphia from NJ (regular USPS first class mail, so no tracking)
Received: Probably 3/28
In process and check deposited: 4/6; Locator: 69 (Philadelphia)
Will keep you posted as the plot unfolds.
To fill out the DS-82 renewal application form, I used the form filler on the State Dept. website, which put a nifty 2D barcode in the upper left corner of my application when I printed it. I assume that 2D barcodes are magic, and wonder if the reception-to-processing timeframe is longer if you submit a handwritten form. If you have data, please share.
Apr 16, 2022 | 3:15 pm
#1923
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 26
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
Status changed to Approved as of 4/14/22 (delivery estimated by 4/16)
-Delivered early 4/15 new passport only, card and old passport should be soon.
Mailed: 3/12/22 via USPS
Delivered: 3/15/22
Check cashed and processing as of 3/24/22
Status changed to Approved as of 4/14/22 (delivery estimated by 4/16)
-Delivered early 4/15 new passport only, card and old passport should be soon.
Apr 16, 2022 | 3:55 pm
#1924
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: NEXUS
Posts: 54
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
• Status changed to Approved as of 4/14/22 (delivery estimated by 4/16)
-Delivered early 4/15 new passport only, card and old passport should be soon.
• Mailed: 3/12/22 via USPS
• Delivered: 3/15/22
• Check cashed and processing as of 3/24/22
• Status changed to Approved as of 4/14/22 (delivery estimated by 4/16)
-Delivered early 4/15 new passport only, card and old passport should be soon.
Apr 16, 2022 | 8:51 pm
#1927
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,388
Adult renewal, routine processing, no speedy delivery, standard-size passport book
Mailed: 3/26/22 to Philadelphia from NJ (regular USPS first class mail, so no tracking)
Received: Probably 3/28
In process and check deposited: 4/6; Locator: 69 (Philadelphia)
Will keep you posted as the plot unfolds.
To fill out the DS-82 renewal application form, I used the form filler on the State Dept. website, which put a nifty 2D barcode in the upper left corner of my application when I printed it. I assume that 2D barcodes are magic, and wonder if the reception-to-processing timeframe is longer if you submit a handwritten form. If you have data, please share.
Mailed: 3/26/22 to Philadelphia from NJ (regular USPS first class mail, so no tracking)
Received: Probably 3/28
In process and check deposited: 4/6; Locator: 69 (Philadelphia)
Will keep you posted as the plot unfolds.
To fill out the DS-82 renewal application form, I used the form filler on the State Dept. website, which put a nifty 2D barcode in the upper left corner of my application when I printed it. I assume that 2D barcodes are magic, and wonder if the reception-to-processing timeframe is longer if you submit a handwritten form. If you have data, please share.
Apr 18, 2022 | 6:32 pm
#1929
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 8
Adult renewal
DS-82 Routine service and return. I applied using the web application and printed out the completed form which had a barcode.
3/10: Mailed via Priority Mail
3/12: Delivered Irving, TX
3/21: In Process
3/22: Check cleared (locator 50 = Los Angeles)
4/4: Approved - You should receive your passport book on or around 04/11/2022.
4/5: Shipped Tucson, AZ
4/6: Received new style large book via Priority Mail
4/18: Received expired passport back via First Class Mail
My old passport was returned without any cancellation stamps or punched holes. Anyone else get theirs back without any indication of being voided?
3/10: Mailed via Priority Mail
3/12: Delivered Irving, TX
3/21: In Process
3/22: Check cleared (locator 50 = Los Angeles)
4/4: Approved - You should receive your passport book on or around 04/11/2022.
4/5: Shipped Tucson, AZ
4/6: Received new style large book via Priority Mail
4/18: Received expired passport back via First Class Mail
My old passport was returned without any cancellation stamps or punched holes. Anyone else get theirs back without any indication of being voided?
Apr 19, 2022 | 6:23 am
#1931
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: NEXUS
Posts: 54
DS-82 Routine service and return. I applied using the web application and printed out the completed form which had a barcode.
3/10: Mailed via Priority Mail
3/12: Delivered Irving, TX
3/21: In Process
3/22: Check cleared (locator 50 = Los Angeles)
4/4: Approved - You should receive your passport book on or around 04/11/2022.
4/5: Shipped Tucson, AZ
4/6: Received new style large book via Priority Mail
4/18: Received expired passport back via First Class Mail
My old passport was returned without any cancellation stamps or punched holes. Anyone else get theirs back without any indication of being voided?
3/10: Mailed via Priority Mail
3/12: Delivered Irving, TX
3/21: In Process
3/22: Check cleared (locator 50 = Los Angeles)
4/4: Approved - You should receive your passport book on or around 04/11/2022.
4/5: Shipped Tucson, AZ
4/6: Received new style large book via Priority Mail
4/18: Received expired passport back via First Class Mail
My old passport was returned without any cancellation stamps or punched holes. Anyone else get theirs back without any indication of being voided?
Apr 20, 2022 | 8:57 am
#1933
Join Date: Apr 2022
Posts: 6
I, my wife, and my 5 year old daughter applied for a US passport from a field office. We are still "in process" according to US passport tracker. Here is the timeline, which I will update upon new data. We requested routine service.
3/23 - Applied from field office (West Palm Beach)
4/4 - In Process
4/5 - Checks cleared (locator 42 = New Orleans)
I am expecting an update this or next week - at most - if there are no problems with the photos we provided (most probably not as the field officer would have notified us). To be continued...
PS: I have been reading the forum regarding New Orleans passport facility, and nothing promising is showing up. Did anyone have any experience with New Orleans processing center? Is it a Mambo Jambo center? They sure have great shrimps...
3/23 - Applied from field office (West Palm Beach)
4/4 - In Process
4/5 - Checks cleared (locator 42 = New Orleans)
I am expecting an update this or next week - at most - if there are no problems with the photos we provided (most probably not as the field officer would have notified us). To be continued...
PS: I have been reading the forum regarding New Orleans passport facility, and nothing promising is showing up. Did anyone have any experience with New Orleans processing center? Is it a Mambo Jambo center? They sure have great shrimps...
Last edited by paranormal; Apr 20, 2022 at 2:17 pm
Apr 21, 2022 | 3:06 pm
#1934
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: City of Angeles
Programs: *G on UA, LuV
Posts: 124
Routine service, Adult renewal:
Sent Priority Mail sent to Irving, Tx with money order (thought it would be faster). Put full name & Date of Birth on the front of Money Order. Pay to US Dept of State.
3/17 - mailed via priority mail, got acceptance receipt, no further tracking from USPS
3/20 Sunday evening - delivered Irving TX-received tracking confirmation
3/30 (evening) - Your passport application in process
3/31 - Money order cashed. Application locator number is 34
Applied for e-mail notifications. None received.
4/20 - (evening) Approved expect it on 4/26
'4/25 - Received NexGen Passport in mailbox, from AZ.
Interesting tidbit. I tried to verify status on my Chrome browser on my phone and computer. No status found. Firefox seems to work.
Sent Priority Mail sent to Irving, Tx with money order (thought it would be faster). Put full name & Date of Birth on the front of Money Order. Pay to US Dept of State.
3/17 - mailed via priority mail, got acceptance receipt, no further tracking from USPS
3/20 Sunday evening - delivered Irving TX-received tracking confirmation
3/30 (evening) - Your passport application in process
3/31 - Money order cashed. Application locator number is 34
Applied for e-mail notifications. None received.
4/20 - (evening) Approved expect it on 4/26
'4/25 - Received NexGen Passport in mailbox, from AZ.
Interesting tidbit. I tried to verify status on my Chrome browser on my phone and computer. No status found. Firefox seems to work.
Last edited by LAHIKER; Apr 25, 2022 at 2:43 pm Reason: updating info
Apr 21, 2022 | 9:29 pm
#1935
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: NEXUS
Posts: 54