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)
Apr 6, 2023 | 8:45 pm
#2371
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 74
Section 107. What GU writes is the situation as it has been for way over a decade now, and as I (and others) have written these are generally done within 2 weeks, although as I have referenced in this thread I know of these being turned around in 4 days in recent times.
So jeepzy, you can ignore section 107's comments as they are at least a decade out of date and are of little or no help to you.
So jeepzy, you can ignore section 107's comments as they are at least a decade out of date and are of little or no help to you.
Regarding the rest of your question, I have no idea where you are flying from to get to Australia, nor what you mean by connection. If you are solely connecting, i.e. not going land side you would not have any problems doing so from the rational connecting countries that I listed above (Singapore, Malaysia, UAE or Turkey) Others are silly......you going to connect through Russia right now? You really going to connect through China (although you could), Myanmar an option you looking at?
Apr 10, 2023 | 7:44 pm
#2372
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,029
Following up my post #2338. New passport for infant, expedited processing, international travel commencing 4/25.
Submitted in-person at USPS 3/3
"Received" by State Department 3/7
Check cashed / In Process 3/8
Approved 4/3
Waiting on print and shipment. The date we can expect to receive the new passport has rolled forward and seems to do so each day that it sits in "approved" status.
Submitted in-person at USPS 3/3
"Received" by State Department 3/7
Check cashed / In Process 3/8
Approved 4/3
Waiting on print and shipment. The date we can expect to receive the new passport has rolled forward and seems to do so each day that it sits in "approved" status.
I submitted apps for two minor kids at USPS 3/6 (expedited)
"Received" by State Department 3/13
Checks cashed on the same day - 3/13
The status has been "In Process" ever since
My locator # starts 62.
Since I submitted the app, the processing time on travel.state.gov changed from 5-7 weeks to 7-9 weeks.
You mentioned your locator is 69. I suppose different locators have different processing times? Is 62 bad?
Apr 11, 2023 | 7:30 am
#2373
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicago
Programs: Hyatt Glob; UA 1K; BonVoyage LTT (RIP SPG); HH Dia; JX Insighter
Posts: 1,660
You mentioned your locator is 69. I suppose different locators have different processing times? Is 62 bad?
Apr 12, 2023 | 11:14 am
#2374
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ORF
Programs: UA 1K MM, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Accor Silver, Marriott Gold, CAM Card
Posts: 393
I had to renew my passport as it was expiring later this year. I just missed the online submittal option as it was shut down while I was on holiday in England. On return home, I sent the renewal application in.
3/16: Mailed passport renewal by first class mail, paid for expedited service
3/21: Check cashed (according to my bank)
4/7: Online status page showed as "Approved"
4/10: Passport entered US Mail with tracking number
4/12: Arrived (they sent it by Priority Mail)
Locator number: 42 (New Orleans)
I was very pleased with the turnaround time, particularly with the now stated 7-9 weeks processing for expedited service.
3/16: Mailed passport renewal by first class mail, paid for expedited service
3/21: Check cashed (according to my bank)
4/7: Online status page showed as "Approved"
4/10: Passport entered US Mail with tracking number
4/12: Arrived (they sent it by Priority Mail)
Locator number: 42 (New Orleans)
I was very pleased with the turnaround time, particularly with the now stated 7-9 weeks processing for expedited service.
Last edited by jefftiger; Apr 12, 2023 at 8:07 pm
Apr 12, 2023 | 6:59 pm
#2375
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,029
I think that the processing time effective as of your submission is the one that is in effect for your application, though it seems that in many cases they're having trouble hitting those times regardless. Others can weigh in here.
I have absolutely no idea. All I know (from the wiki) is that 69 is Portsmouth, NH, while 62 is Tucson.
I have absolutely no idea. All I know (from the wiki) is that 69 is Portsmouth, NH, while 62 is Tucson.
Apr 13, 2023 | 9:44 am
#2377
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicago
Programs: Hyatt Glob; UA 1K; BonVoyage LTT (RIP SPG); HH Dia; JX Insighter
Posts: 1,660
Apr 14, 2023 | 4:10 pm
#2378
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 291
April 17th - deposited expedited US passport application at USPS for a child with priority express mailing.
April 21st - application delivered in Philadelphia (one day late).
April 23rd - application appears as "in process" online. "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book on 04/22/2021, etc."
April 28th - "in process" email received.
May 13th - "application approved" email received. The online status must also changed recently (it was still showing in process earlier this morning). "You should receive your passport book on or around 05/16/2021." "Shipped" email received about two hours later.
Edit:
May 15th - passport received from Tucson in Priority Express mailing. It's the old model passport and the date of issue is May 12th.
May 22nd - received birth certificate back. The letter was postmarked on May 17th.
Finis.
April 21st - application delivered in Philadelphia (one day late).
April 23rd - application appears as "in process" online. "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book on 04/22/2021, etc."
April 28th - "in process" email received.
May 13th - "application approved" email received. The online status must also changed recently (it was still showing in process earlier this morning). "You should receive your passport book on or around 05/16/2021." "Shipped" email received about two hours later.
Edit:
May 15th - passport received from Tucson in Priority Express mailing. It's the old model passport and the date of issue is May 12th.
May 22nd - received birth certificate back. The letter was postmarked on May 17th.
Finis.
March 17th - deposited two normal US passport applications at USPS for children. Renewals. One of them has a request for an endorsement - let's see if that delays it.
March 24th - first cheque cashed.
March 27th - second cheque cashed (electronically).
Both are showing as "in process" since March 24th, apparently being dealt with in Buffalo. No emails received despite requesting them.
Alex
Last edited by crescatfloreat; Apr 14, 2023 at 4:27 pm Reason: Additional information
Apr 17, 2023 | 6:46 pm
#2379
Join Date: Dec 2022
Posts: 400
I got my online renewal passport book today. applied on last day of online renewal on around FEB 4th, not expedited application.
I am surprised by the new look and feel of the new passport book. but I have questions. I applied for the LARGE passport and supposed to have 52 pages?
But mine is 50 pages including front and back of each page . The actual visa page starts from page 8 so actual page is 42 pages. In the last page, there is a divider, like a very thick paper. It looks like someone tored the last page and looks like altered to be honestly and i am worried about foreign immigration agents grilling me about this. In my old passport , I had extra pages added when they allowed this and it had a large tape and I was asked about why there is a tape at two foreign countries.
I am surprised by the new look and feel of the new passport book. but I have questions. I applied for the LARGE passport and supposed to have 52 pages?
But mine is 50 pages including front and back of each page . The actual visa page starts from page 8 so actual page is 42 pages. In the last page, there is a divider, like a very thick paper. It looks like someone tored the last page and looks like altered to be honestly and i am worried about foreign immigration agents grilling me about this. In my old passport , I had extra pages added when they allowed this and it had a large tape and I was asked about why there is a tape at two foreign countries.
Last edited by Blueheaven; Apr 17, 2023 at 6:54 pm
Apr 19, 2023 | 9:42 am
#2382
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
Programs: CO, NW, & UA forum moderator emeritus. Eurobonus Millionaire
Posts: 38,682
What you see is normal. Your new next-generation passport has the correct number of pages. It was constructed differently from how prior generation passports were constructed. There appears to be n
thing torn, improperly/unexpectedly taped, or wrong with it.
thing torn, improperly/unexpectedly taped, or wrong with it.
Apr 19, 2023 | 5:39 pm
#2383
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,893
Submitted online (normal process) end of January.
Feb 1, 2023: Got email "Received"
April 19, 2023: Got email "In Process" (Dev tool status: Fulfillment)
I will probably get it end of the month, so total time is 3 months.
Edit: April 20: Got email "Shipped"!
Feb 1, 2023: Got email "Received"
April 19, 2023: Got email "In Process" (Dev tool status: Fulfillment)
I will probably get it end of the month, so total time is 3 months.
Edit: April 20: Got email "Shipped"!
Last edited by Need; Apr 20, 2023 at 12:58 pm
Apr 19, 2023 | 9:20 pm
#2384
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 448
Passport DP
2/12 Online renewal (routine processing, no plan to travel within the next 6 months)
2/13 In Process
4/11 Adjudication
4/12 Exception
4/13 Fulfilment
4/14 Printed
4/17 Shipped from Tucson, AZ
4/19 Passport in hand and it's a beauty!
2/12 Online renewal (routine processing, no plan to travel within the next 6 months)
2/13 In Process
4/11 Adjudication
4/12 Exception
4/13 Fulfilment
4/14 Printed
4/17 Shipped from Tucson, AZ
4/19 Passport in hand and it's a beauty!