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 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)
Oct 21, 2022 | 7:02 am
#2118
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Oct 21, 2022 | 10:27 am
#2119
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cbp.gov/travel/clearing-cbp/ready-lanes
Oct 21, 2022 | 11:05 am
#2120
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
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Ah, of course. I had seen that before, and it surprised me because the passports also have RFID chips in them. Thanks for the reminder!
Oct 21, 2022 | 2:25 pm
#2121
Join Date: Oct 2022
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http://www.computerworld.com/article...ivacy-ire.html
http://www.securetechalliance.org/sm...ards-and-edls/
Oct 21, 2022 | 5:14 pm
#2122
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: America's Finest City
Posts: 11,117
And the card did come today, via snail mail from DC. The book came express from Tucson. So 14 calendar days from online app to in my hands.
Only SNAFU is Global Entry site is not accepting the new passport number as yet. SENTRI card is a must between Tijuana and SAN. Can probably update docs at CBP next time I walk back.
Only SNAFU is Global Entry site is not accepting the new passport number as yet. SENTRI card is a must between Tijuana and SAN. Can probably update docs at CBP next time I walk back.
Oct 22, 2022 | 10:28 pm
#2123
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: SEA
Programs: UA 1P 1MM, Marriott Titanium/LT Platinum, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum
Posts: 722
Here’s the timeline:
9/27: Application submitted via USPS priority mail with expedited processing
10/1: Application delivered
10/4: Check cashed
10/21: Passport (not new-gen) received via expedited shipping
Still waiting for passport card.
9/27: Application submitted via USPS priority mail with expedited processing
10/1: Application delivered
10/4: Check cashed
10/21: Passport (not new-gen) received via expedited shipping
Still waiting for passport card.
Oct 23, 2022 | 10:57 pm
#2124
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 86
Some datapoints for ppl following
I submitted passport along with my friend on the exact same day. Both received at location 34.
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Friday 9/2 - USPS Priority mail (with EXPEDITE written on the envelope)
Monday 9/5 - Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday 9/6 - received in PA
Thursday 9/8 - check cashed
Thursday 9/8 - Status: In Process
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This is where we differ.
Monday 9/19 - Status: Approved
Tuesday 9/20 - updated ETA was given: 9/23/22
Wednesday 9/21 - Passport Received in hand
UPDATE:
09/27: Just received letter in mail saying need to submit application. This is odd because I printed it an auto generated form exactly as they requested. Its unclear if I need to get a new photo
I submitted passport along with my friend on the exact same day. Both received at location 34.
---
Friday 9/2 - USPS Priority mail (with EXPEDITE written on the envelope)
Monday 9/5 - Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday 9/6 - received in PA
Thursday 9/8 - check cashed
Thursday 9/8 - Status: In Process
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This is where we differ.
Monday 9/19 - Status: Approved
Tuesday 9/20 - updated ETA was given: 9/23/22
Wednesday 9/21 - Passport Received in hand
UPDATE:
09/27: Just received letter in mail saying need to submit application. This is odd because I printed it an auto generated form exactly as they requested. Its unclear if I need to get a new photo
Friday 9/2 - USPS Priority mail (with EXPEDITE written on the envelope)
Monday 9/5 - Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday 9/6 - received in PA
Thursday 9/8 - check cashed
Thursday 9/8 - Status: In Process
9/26 - Received snail mail that i need to resend printed application. No explination why (i printed out pre genereated form and signed)
9/30 - USPS confirm receipt of updated application sent in
No updated since then coming up on almost a month later :/ I'll be making an in person appointment at this point.
Oct 25, 2022 | 12:33 am
#2126
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Colorado (anywhere between DEN DMM BAH)
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Posts: 3,595
Oct 25, 2022 | 4:26 pm
#2127
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canada
Programs: nada
Posts: 66
Waiting almost 3 months for renewal in Canada!
In a bit of a panic right now. I live in Canada (NS) and need to travel for work in 3 weeks.
July 5, 2022 - mailed passport application
August 3, 2022 - application status mailed (no tracking number)
October 5, 2022 - called NPIC and they could not provide any information
Called a few days later and was told (over the phone) passport was returned to the Agency, apparently was not accepted by Canada Post. The guy on the phone agreed to submit a request to the Agency to resend but I did not receive any tracking or applicator number.
Today Oct 24 - still no passport and no status update. Called NPIC a few times and was told I could submit a request to reissue the passport (by submitting DS-86) but if the passport was resent and shows up before a reissued one, it would be invalid.
Does anyone have any advice? I have little confidence a request was actually submitted to reissue. I cannot get through to the US consulate in Halifax and there are no appointments available.
July 5, 2022 - mailed passport application
August 3, 2022 - application status mailed (no tracking number)
October 5, 2022 - called NPIC and they could not provide any information
Called a few days later and was told (over the phone) passport was returned to the Agency, apparently was not accepted by Canada Post. The guy on the phone agreed to submit a request to the Agency to resend but I did not receive any tracking or applicator number.
Today Oct 24 - still no passport and no status update. Called NPIC a few times and was told I could submit a request to reissue the passport (by submitting DS-86) but if the passport was resent and shows up before a reissued one, it would be invalid.
Does anyone have any advice? I have little confidence a request was actually submitted to reissue. I cannot get through to the US consulate in Halifax and there are no appointments available.
Oct 26, 2022 | 10:38 am
#2128
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: enjoyed being warm spit for a few years on CO/UA but now nothing :(
Posts: 2,818
I understand you are living in Canada but you might try contacting the congressional office of the representative where you used to live (or where a family member currently lives) and ask if they can assist.
Oct 26, 2022 | 1:38 pm
#2130
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Given how lousy the physical photo prints are in the Next Gen version, I strongly prefer the prior passport book version with the more traditional biodata page. Picking isn’t generally an option, unfortunately.
[For applicants who apply abroad, make sure to pick up passports and passport cards well before 90 days or less of issuance.]
Last edited by GUWonder; Oct 26, 2022 at 1:48 pm