Why would they do that?

David

This is great news! I’m not too far from your timeline but didn’t request priority mailing of the passport.

Do you recall which processing center your app was completed by?

My status has been "Approved" since Feb 1. Says I should receive on or around 2/7 (unchanged), but now says routine service 8-11 weeks where it used to say 6-9[/QUOTE]


My status also has been "Approved". Waiting for the next.

i have to travel within 2 weeks, but not sure i can wait in chicago after my appt

it was code 10, so Boston I believe

Data point for anyone interested

44 days from Received to Approved, standard processing time, was quoted 10-13 weeks when applied. Passport location was Aurora CO

Not sure what you want.
Hire an expediter for $500 if you can't wait.

Data point - 10 days from the date they received it until it arrived at my house. Amazingly fast. Passport renewal with name change. Paid the extra $60 for expedited. Mailed to Philly office

Online Status Check
 

If they send a letter due to a problem with the application, will that be documented on the online system, such as “letter mailed” or something? Or will it continue to show “In Process”?

Data Point
15 Aug 2023 USPS NDA Philadelphia Expedited Passport Book Expedited Processing.
Quoted 7-9 week processing time with expedited fees enclosed $220.
Assigned to 45, National Passport Center
16 Aug 2023 In Process. Checking website daily.
Do any of you have any insight into the timeline for this location?
** Update ***
Status: Approved 9/13/2023

Renewal Time - US Embassy Bangkok, Thailand.

I wanted to share that I just renewed my US passport through the US Embassy in Thailand. New passport arrived back today - 5 weeks after I mailed in completed DS-82 renewal application form and other documents. There is no expedited service when applying for US passport overseas. Given the possible wait times I read about in the United States, I am quite happy with this result. :)

Renewal application mailed to Irving: 25-July
Issued: 04-Sep
Received: 08-Sep
Regular service, not expedited

Times are improving!
 

My application was received at the New Orleans location Aug 18, check cleared Aug 21.
Passport was mailed to me Sept 8, and I received it Sept 11.
I had done expedited, with USPS priority shipping of the passport. Renewal with name change.

My passport was expiring in February 2024, but I was concerned about waiting until then...my mom lives in Germany, and is 86 so I may have to travel at any minute.

So, having just returned visiting her in early September, I sent out my passport (Expedited and Express return...around $210 total) using USPS Priority Mail ($9.xx)...I went to ship via Fedex, but they don't ship to P.O. Boxes...good to know. This was September 8th.

Today, in my mail box, 13 days later was a brand new passport!

A very pleasant surprise.

PS. I received my expired, old passport today, September 27, via USPS in a plain brown envelop. Man am I losing my hair!

Applied for adult renewal at US Embassy in Bangkok.
Application status says in process and received as of 9/7.

Any idea how fast it'll get to me in Bangkok?
My Thailand visa ends on October 22.