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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)
#2672
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 17
63 days from application submission to receiving the passport. Not bad at all.
#2673


Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: All Over
Programs: DL Gold, AA EXP, SPG Plat, Hilton Dia, Hyatt Glob, CC Gold, Avis President's Club
Posts: 575
Standard Passport renewal, routine service, shipped USPS First Class (from post office).
Mailed to Irving, TX - September 26
In Process - October 11
Check Cleared - October 13
Approved - October 26
Mailed - October 27
Received - October 30
Location 50 - Los Angeles Passport Agency
Mailed to Irving, TX - September 26
In Process - October 11
Check Cleared - October 13
Approved - October 26
Mailed - October 27
Received - October 30
Location 50 - Los Angeles Passport Agency
Last edited by jdawg; Oct 30, 2023 at 7:44 pm
#2676
Join Date: Oct 2023
Posts: 1
10/16 Mailed in two passport renewal applications expedited to PA, in two different envelopes.
10/20 online application status for both changed to In progress
10/20 one check was cashed electronically
10/23 Second check cashed by deposit.
10/20 online application status for both changed to In progress
10/20 one check was cashed electronically
10/23 Second check cashed by deposit.
#2677


Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 2,942
Delivered to them Fri 10/13
Marked as received Mon 10/16
Check cashed Tue 10/17
Shipped Tue 10/24
Arrived back (paid for priority) 10/26
If anyone needs to get your passport renewed, now is absolutely the time to do it.
#2678
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 18,080
10/19/23 - Submitted passport application at USPO (minor) - paid for expedited processing (regular mail both directions).
10/27/23 - Passport approved (could have been sooner as first time I checked).
11/01/23 - Projected delivery date and actual arrival date.
Still waiting on the passport card and docs.
This has to be some kind of record for us - my last "expedited" app took 2+ months .
10/27/23 - Passport approved (could have been sooner as first time I checked).
11/01/23 - Projected delivery date and actual arrival date.
Still waiting on the passport card and docs.
This has to be some kind of record for us - my last "expedited" app took 2+ months .
Last edited by Boraxo; Nov 7, 2023 at 11:35 am
#2680


Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: All Over
Programs: DL Gold, AA EXP, SPG Plat, Hilton Dia, Hyatt Glob, CC Gold, Avis President's Club
Posts: 575
Standard Passport renewal, routine service, shipped USPS First Class (from post office).
Mailed to Irving, TX - September 26
In Process - October 11
Check Cleared - October 13
Approved - October 26
Mailed - October 27
Received - October 30
Location 50 - Los Angeles Passport Agency
Mailed to Irving, TX - September 26
In Process - October 11
Check Cleared - October 13
Approved - October 26
Mailed - October 27
Received - October 30
Location 50 - Los Angeles Passport Agency
#2682




Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Silver Medallion, Avis President's Club
Posts: 222
Surprisingly Fast Regular Service
Tuesday, October 17: Application for passport book only (not renewing the card since I have NEXUS now) mailed via Priority Mail from Seattle to Philadelphia, delivered on Thursday, October 19.
Monday, October 23: Application received by locator 75.
Tuesday, October 24: Check electronically presented (as an artifact of how ACH works, this is going to be the next business day after the check was received)
Monday, November 6: Passport book shipped. USPS received it on Tuesday, November 7 and delivery is scheduled on Thursday, November 9 by Priority Mail.
Wednesday, November 8: Supporting documentation mailed.
Two weeks for regular service without future travel plans. That was surprisingly fast, even faster than when I received my first adult passport in 2014.
Monday, October 23: Application received by locator 75.
Tuesday, October 24: Check electronically presented (as an artifact of how ACH works, this is going to be the next business day after the check was received)
Monday, November 6: Passport book shipped. USPS received it on Tuesday, November 7 and delivery is scheduled on Thursday, November 9 by Priority Mail.
Wednesday, November 8: Supporting documentation mailed.
Two weeks for regular service without future travel plans. That was surprisingly fast, even faster than when I received my first adult passport in 2014.
Last edited by zmb; Nov 8, 2023 at 3:39 pm
#2683
Original Member



Join Date: May 1998
Location: Rochester, NY USA
Programs: Hilton - Diamond, IHG - Platinum
Posts: 1,433
We also received service 2 weeks - regular service, no travel plans.
I was surprised that our old passports, with the hole punched in them, were not returned as they have always been. Is this a change, or will they come under seperate cover?
I was surprised that our old passports, with the hole punched in them, were not returned as they have always been. Is this a change, or will they come under seperate cover?
#2684
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Saipan, MP 96950 USA (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands = the CNMI)
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton Silver. Life: UA .60 MM, United & Admirals Clubs (spousal), Marriott Platinum
Posts: 17,997
Several years ago, I received my expired passport separately.
#2685




Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Silver Medallion, Avis President's Club
Posts: 222




