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)
Dec 7, 2022 | 5:27 pm
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But, yeah - that took way longer than it should have.
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Dec 9, 2022 | 1:26 pm
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I just submitted my passport renewal online. Had someone take a photo for me on my cell phone, transferred photo to the computer via bluetooth. The entire process including application to payment was under 5 minutes.
Dec 9, 2022 | 6:02 pm
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Dec 9, 2022 | 6:19 pm
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Will update. I am cutting it close...I have INTL travel in three months, and I have selected regular processing.
Dec 10, 2022 | 5:47 am
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When renewing passport in person under the urgent travel process (in-person appointment within 14 days of travel), when you bring a printed itinerary as proof of travel, are they calling the airline to confirm or otherwise doing some kind of confirmation?
At these urgent passport renewal appointments, are they typically printing the new passport right then and there, or do you typically have to wait another couple of days for it to be mailed or maybe even return to the facility to pick it up?
At these urgent passport renewal appointments, are they typically printing the new passport right then and there, or do you typically have to wait another couple of days for it to be mailed or maybe even return to the facility to pick it up?
Dec 12, 2022 | 2:21 pm
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When renewing passport in person under the urgent travel process (in-person appointment within 14 days of travel), when you bring a printed itinerary as proof of travel, are they calling the airline to confirm or otherwise doing some kind of confirmation?
At these urgent passport renewal appointments, are they typically printing the new passport right then and there, or do you typically have to wait another couple of days for it to be mailed or maybe even return to the facility to pick it up?
At these urgent passport renewal appointments, are they typically printing the new passport right then and there, or do you typically have to wait another couple of days for it to be mailed or maybe even return to the facility to pick it up?
Dec 12, 2022 | 3:07 pm
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Dec 19, 2022 | 1:42 am
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Hi All,
Folks who have applied recently what has been your timeline in regards to the passport expedited? Which center is the fastest in getting the passport, i am ok to fly anywhere in the US. I have an upcoming travel coming up. I havent yet called and taken and appointment. Any pointers regarding the same?
Folks who have applied recently what has been your timeline in regards to the passport expedited? Which center is the fastest in getting the passport, i am ok to fly anywhere in the US. I have an upcoming travel coming up. I havent yet called and taken and appointment. Any pointers regarding the same?
Dec 21, 2022 | 5:53 am
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We came to Indonesia in May, and werent sure how long we would stay. Were still here, so decided to renew both our passports, as my kids expired this month, and mine will expire in February.
They wouldnt allow my electric wheelchair into the actual embassy in Jakarta, but a staff member came out to witness me signing my application, and both parents for our 10 year old.
Since we didnt have any date for travel, we didnt list any date needed by. The passports were ready to pick up in one week! Also, our passport numbers are consecutive, which is kinda fun.
They wouldnt allow my electric wheelchair into the actual embassy in Jakarta, but a staff member came out to witness me signing my application, and both parents for our 10 year old.
Since we didnt have any date for travel, we didnt list any date needed by. The passports were ready to pick up in one week! Also, our passport numbers are consecutive, which is kinda fun.
Dec 24, 2022 | 1:15 am
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FYI - I found that the agency locator numbers are n
w listed on the State Dept. web site. They are on this page, under the heading, "List of passport agencies and centers with locator numbers." I've updated the Wiki with information about several agencies that were listed with no number and updated a few other entries.
w listed on the State Dept. web site. They are on this page, under the heading, "List of passport agencies and centers with locator numbers." I've updated the Wiki with information about several agencies that were listed with no number and updated a few other entries.
Dec 25, 2022 | 2:46 pm
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Just to follow up on this, we had to come back to passport agency the next day to get the new passport (and old passport). Kind of a pain, but was able to get passport renewed on short notice, so it was well worth it.
Dec 25, 2022 | 3:11 pm
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After quite speedily receiving my new passport in just about three weeks after submitting my renewal application for normal service, it took an extra month for me to get my old, canceled passport returned to me. It arrived in the mail yesterday (Christmas Eve - I'm frankly surprised the post office even delivered yesterday!)
Dec 25, 2022 | 3:38 pm
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After quite speedily receiving my new passport in just about three weeks after submitting my renewal application for normal service, it took an extra month for me to get my old, canceled passport returned to me. It arrived in the mail yesterday (Christmas Eve - I'm frankly surprised the post office even delivered yesterday!)
Dec 25, 2022 | 3:41 pm
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Oh, I know it's supposed to be a normal mail delivery day. I was referring more to the fact that our post office often doesn't deliver at all - sometimes for several days in a row - if the weather is bad, or if the mail carrier is on vacation, or for who knows what reason. I fully expected no delivery at all yesterday and maybe only a couple of days, if that, this coming week.
Dec 25, 2022 | 3:47 pm
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Oh, I know it's supposed to be a normal mail delivery day. I was referring more to the fact that our post office often doesn't deliver at all - sometimes for several days in a row - if the weather is bad, or if the mail carrier is on vacation, or for who knows what reason. I fully expected no delivery at all yesterday and maybe only a couple of days, if that, this coming week.