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)
Aug 14, 2023 | 6:29 pm
#2626
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Aug 16, 2023 | 6:55 am
#2627
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 17
Passport renewal for my 5 year old son.
8/12/23 - Submitted application at USPS location
8/15/23 - Application appears on Application Status website as received
8/16/23 - Check cashed
Location 42 - New Orleans
8/12/23 - Submitted application at USPS location
8/15/23 - Application appears on Application Status website as received
8/16/23 - Check cashed
Location 42 - New Orleans
Last edited by Rirruto; Aug 16, 2023 at 7:22 am
Aug 16, 2023 | 6:57 am
#2628
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 17
Normal renewal
Sent - June 3
Received - June 6
Check cashed - June 7
Issue Date - August 4
Accepted by USPS - August 7
Received new - August 9
67 days from dropping off at the Post Office to home delivery, just shy of the promised 10-13 weeks.
(old passport pending)
First 2 digits are 45. That's not on the How To list, but "National Passport Center' on the linked site - Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Return address is Portsmouth, NH, but USPS tracking originated in Tucson, AZ
Sent - June 3
Received - June 6
Check cashed - June 7
Issue Date - August 4
Accepted by USPS - August 7
Received new - August 9
67 days from dropping off at the Post Office to home delivery, just shy of the promised 10-13 weeks.
(old passport pending)
First 2 digits are 45. That's not on the How To list, but "National Passport Center' on the linked site - Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Return address is Portsmouth, NH, but USPS tracking originated in Tucson, AZ
Aug 16, 2023 | 3:45 pm
#2629
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To recap.
Expedited application. Paid for 1-2 days delivery.
Sent application on Jul 5.
Delivered to the Passport Services PO Box on July 7.
Received by the State Department on July 10.
Check cleared my bank on July 11.
Passport issued on August 3.
Received the new passport on August 5.
Received the passport card on August 14.
Received the old cancelled passport on August 16.
Aug 18, 2023 | 12:27 pm
#2630
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 3
Three Questions
Is there a lag between when an app is received at a passport agency and when it appears in the system? In other words, if the app is received August 1, will the system show it on August 1? Or possibly days later?
On what date did it first appear in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Is “Processing” the date it first appeared in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Data point from me:
Renewed my passport and chose expedited
Mailed to Philadelphia - June 2
Received - June 5
Processing - June 13
Approved - July 7
Mailed - July 7
Received - July 11
Website status never changed after it became Approved (I got the mail date from the USPS envelope) and like others I never received an email at any point.
Renewed my passport and chose expedited
Mailed to Philadelphia - June 2
Received - June 5
Processing - June 13
Approved - July 7
Mailed - July 7
Received - July 11
Website status never changed after it became Approved (I got the mail date from the USPS envelope) and like others I never received an email at any point.
Is “Processing” the date it first appeared in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Last edited by Moderator2; Aug 18, 2023 at 2:20 pm Reason: Consolidate consecutive posts
Aug 20, 2023 | 6:06 pm
#2631
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: USA
Programs: AA
Posts: 411
Passport interview - i have a US passport which expired a few days ago. I am leaving the USA in 2 weeks, but in 7 days i have an inperson appt at the US passport agency in chicago. How long does it take to get a passport once i have that interview?
Aug 20, 2023 | 6:35 pm
#2632
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It should be ready the same day.
Aug 21, 2023 | 6:04 am
#2633
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pensacola, FL (PNS)
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Posts: 2,715
As I wait for ours (8 weeks and counting), it LOOKS like the online renewal MIGHT be coming back.
The "Renew Passport Online" tile in MyTravelGov is missing (it was there - in addition to the CRBA one - until today), and, this is new...
The "Renew Passport Online" tile in MyTravelGov is missing (it was there - in addition to the CRBA one - until today), and, this is new...
Aug 21, 2023 | 3:54 pm
#2634
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Pensacola, FL (PNS)
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Posts: 2,715
Well this is a first - a family member's passport shipped via UPS NEXT DAY AIR today...
Note that locator 19 shipped from Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Received-to-shipped was ~7 weeks.
===
Renewal, book + card, however passport recently expired (< 5 years):
06/30 - Submitted in person in New Jersey (Monmouth County)
07/05 - Showing In Process, locator code 19 (Washington)
08/21 - Shipped
08/22 - Received New Passport book at 10am
08/25 - Received OLD Passport book
08/29 - Received Passport Card
Note that locator 19 shipped from Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Received-to-shipped was ~7 weeks.
===
Renewal, book + card, however passport recently expired (< 5 years):
06/30 - Submitted in person in New Jersey (Monmouth County)
07/05 - Showing In Process, locator code 19 (Washington)
08/21 - Shipped
08/22 - Received New Passport book at 10am
08/25 - Received OLD Passport book
08/29 - Received Passport Card
Last edited by lindros2; Aug 29, 2023 at 2:22 pm
Aug 21, 2023 | 9:12 pm
#2635
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 3
Quick update
Mailed renewal end of July expedited with priority mail
Received processed and check cashed around Aug 2
Most recent update shows supporting documents have been mailed as of today. I must have missed the passport being mailed update unless it comes after but so far about 3 weeks all together. I was expecting end of September so if I get it this week I'll be surprised.
Received processed and check cashed around Aug 2
Most recent update shows supporting documents have been mailed as of today. I must have missed the passport being mailed update unless it comes after but so far about 3 weeks all together. I was expecting end of September so if I get it this week I'll be surprised.
Aug 23, 2023 | 7:18 am
#2636
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 45
Is there a lag between when an app is received at a passport agency and when it appears in the system? In other words, if the app is received August 1, will the system show it on August 1? Or possibly days later?
On what date did it first appear in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Is Processing the date it first appeared in the online tracking system? Thanks!
On what date did it first appear in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Is Processing the date it first appeared in the online tracking system? Thanks!
Aug 23, 2023 | 11:20 am
#2637
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 3
Mailed renewal end of July expedited with priority mail
Received processed and check cashed around Aug 2
Most recent update shows supporting documents have been mailed as of today. I must have missed the passport being mailed update unless it comes after but so far about 3 weeks all together. I was expecting end of September so if I get it this week I'll be surprised.
Received processed and check cashed around Aug 2
Most recent update shows supporting documents have been mailed as of today. I must have missed the passport being mailed update unless it comes after but so far about 3 weeks all together. I was expecting end of September so if I get it this week I'll be surprised.
Aug 25, 2023 | 7:31 am
#2638
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Indianapolis, IN USA
Posts: 2,084
Renewal: not expired / passport and card
Expedited $220.00 (passport and card and expedited)
Priority USPS: IND - PHL Friday 08/18/2023 1202p
Arrived USPS: PHL Sunday 08/20/2023 1116p
passportstatus.state.gov: Received Tuesday 08/22/2023 reviewing your application and supporting documents
USPS money order cashed: Wednesday 08/23/2023
state.gov: Shipped Thursday 09/28/2023
Arrived from Minnesota via USPS: Saturday 09/30/2023.
Expedited $220.00 (passport and card and expedited)
Priority USPS: IND - PHL Friday 08/18/2023 1202p
Arrived USPS: PHL Sunday 08/20/2023 1116p
passportstatus.state.gov: Received Tuesday 08/22/2023 reviewing your application and supporting documents
USPS money order cashed: Wednesday 08/23/2023
state.gov: Shipped Thursday 09/28/2023
Arrived from Minnesota via USPS: Saturday 09/30/2023.
Last edited by bowdenj; Sep 30, 2023 at 5:43 pm
Aug 25, 2023 | 7:49 am
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At time of handing in the application at this location, inform them at the counters that you need same-day pick-up — otherwise the Chicago passport agency office may try to tell you it will be ready the next (business) day for pick-up instead and then they may not have it ready the same-day for same-day pick-up.
Last edited by GUWonder; Aug 25, 2023 at 4:16 pm