Mar 1, 2022, 6:35 am
Last edit by: CKDGM
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)
Feb 25, 2024 | 11:02 pm
#2717
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 291
Another renewal. Will update as things happen.
Regular adult renewal by mail, for a large passport book.
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Regular adult renewal by mail, for a large passport book.
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- Sunday Feb 25 application sent by normal tracked mail from Illinois to Irving, Texas.
- Tuesday Feb 27 USPS reports mail delivered. (Quite good for USPS Ground Advantage™.)
- Online status:
Application Status: In Process
The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book on 02/29/2024. We're now reviewing your application and supporting documents. Etc.
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- TBD new passport delivered.
- TBD received old passport back.
Last edited by crescatfloreat; Mar 1, 2024 at 6:43 am Reason: Le update II
Feb 27, 2024 | 10:58 am
#2718
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: SEA, or BOS, or MUC, or other places (probably connecting). "Detroit, Michigan is in the Eastern time zone."
Programs: DL GM/1MM, NEXUS/GE, CLEAR, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,211
Feb 27, 2024 | 2:38 pm
#2719
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: SEA, or BOS, or MUC, or other places (probably connecting). "Detroit, Michigan is in the Eastern time zone."
Programs: DL GM/1MM, NEXUS/GE, CLEAR, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,211
Status of my (normal, not expedited) processing (summary: ~5 weeks for the passport book):
- 2024-02-21 (Wed): Priority Mail sent from Seattle to Philadelphia
- 2024-02-23 (Fri): "Delivered, Individual Picked Up at Postal Facility" per USPS tracking
- 2024-02-26 (Mon): "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book and card on 02/26/2024" - status is "In Process" at locator 45 (Portsmouth, NH)
- 2024-02-27 (Tue): ACH debit "PASSPORTSERVICES PAYMENT 240226" (presumably that last is the submission date)
- 2024-03-29 (Fri): "Application Status: Approved" (did not receive an email status update; this could have happened a day or two earlier since I haven't been checking every day)
- 2024-03-29 (Fri): Informed Delivery shows incoming package from "PASSPORT SERVICES/DOS TUCSON" scheduled to arrive 2024-03-30
- 2024-03-30 (Sat): Passport book arrives (Priority Mail envelope)
- 2024-04-02 (Tue): Passport card arrives (first class mail)
- 2024-04-18 (Thu): Old documents (passport book and card) arrive (first class mail)
- 2024-02-21 (Wed): Priority Mail sent from Seattle to Philadelphia
- 2024-02-23 (Fri): "Delivered, Individual Picked Up at Postal Facility" per USPS tracking
- 2024-02-26 (Mon): "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book and card on 02/26/2024" - status is "In Process" at locator 45 (Portsmouth, NH)
- 2024-02-27 (Tue): ACH debit "PASSPORTSERVICES PAYMENT 240226" (presumably that last is the submission date)
- 2024-03-29 (Fri): "Application Status: Approved" (did not receive an email status update; this could have happened a day or two earlier since I haven't been checking every day)
- 2024-03-29 (Fri): Informed Delivery shows incoming package from "PASSPORT SERVICES/DOS TUCSON" scheduled to arrive 2024-03-30
- 2024-03-30 (Sat): Passport book arrives (Priority Mail envelope)
- 2024-04-02 (Tue): Passport card arrives (first class mail)
- 2024-04-18 (Thu): Old documents (passport book and card) arrive (first class mail)
Last edited by CKDGM; Apr 18, 2024 at 4:57 pm Reason: timeline updates
Feb 27, 2024 | 7:55 pm
#2720
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Wyndham Diamond
Posts: 1,146
Expedited Passport renewal for the big book. Requested for overnight mailing for new passport.
- Feb 17 - Bought stamps at local PO and dropped passport book+renewal app at counter. First class mail to PA from CA
- (Feb 19 - Presidents Day holiday)
- Feb 26 - Check presented for payment
- Feb 27 - Status showed up as In Process
- Mar 1 - Passport mailed
- Mar 2 - Passport received
- Mar 21 - Old passport received
- Feb 17 - Bought stamps at local PO and dropped passport book+renewal app at counter. First class mail to PA from CA
- (Feb 19 - Presidents Day holiday)
- Feb 26 - Check presented for payment
- Feb 27 - Status showed up as In Process
- Mar 1 - Passport mailed
- Mar 2 - Passport received
- Mar 21 - Old passport received
Last edited by happychic; Mar 21, 2024 at 1:42 pm
Feb 27, 2024 | 8:11 pm
#2721
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA EP, UA 1K/MM, WoH Globalist, HH Diamond
Posts: 3,999
Status of my (normal, not expedited) processing:
- 2024-02-21 (Wed): Priority Mail sent from Seattle to Philadelphia
- 2024-02-23 (Fri): "Delivered, Individual Picked Up at Postal Facility" per USPS tracking
- 2024-02-26 (Mon): "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book and card on 02/26/2024" - status is "In Process"
- 2024-02-27 (Tue): ACH debit "PASSPORTSERVICES PAYMENT 240226" (presumably that last is the submission date)
TBD: approval, shipping notification for new book, arrival of new book, arrival of new card, arrival of old document(s).
- 2024-02-21 (Wed): Priority Mail sent from Seattle to Philadelphia
- 2024-02-23 (Fri): "Delivered, Individual Picked Up at Postal Facility" per USPS tracking
- 2024-02-26 (Mon): "The U.S. Department of State has received your application for your passport book and card on 02/26/2024" - status is "In Process"
- 2024-02-27 (Tue): ACH debit "PASSPORTSERVICES PAYMENT 240226" (presumably that last is the submission date)
TBD: approval, shipping notification for new book, arrival of new book, arrival of new card, arrival of old document(s).
Mar 1, 2024 | 9:50 am
#2722
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 291
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ort/renew.html
Mar 1, 2024 | 12:29 pm
#2723
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA EP, UA 1K/MM, WoH Globalist, HH Diamond
Posts: 3,999
Looks like TX is only for: "I want routine service and I live in California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, or Texas."
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ort/renew.html
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ort/renew.html
Mar 1, 2024 | 7:56 pm
#2724
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: Chick-Fil-A Red, Wawa, Red Cross blood donor
Posts: 4,856
New passport application (to replace my long expired previous passport)
1/31/24: went to my appointment at my local post office. was told it could take up to 3 months.
3/1/24: got my new passport
ETA: routine service. No expedited mail in either direction.
1/31/24: went to my appointment at my local post office. was told it could take up to 3 months.
3/1/24: got my new passport
ETA: routine service. No expedited mail in either direction.
Last edited by bitburgr; Mar 2, 2024 at 5:45 am
Mar 1, 2024 | 8:17 pm
#2725
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,602
Mar 2, 2024 | 5:47 am
#2726
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: Chick-Fil-A Red, Wawa, Red Cross blood donor
Posts: 4,856
Mar 7, 2024 | 6:12 pm
#2728
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 29
Locator 35 - New Passport Timeline (12 days with Standard Processing and Shipping!)
Incredibly fast turnaround on a passport for my child: 12 days with standard processing and shipping!
- 2/24/2024 - Submitted passport application in person at USPS in MA
- 2/29/2024 - Check cashed
- 3/4/2024 - Passport issued
- 3/6/2024 - Passport mailed Priority Mail from Tucson, AZ per the tracking data. State Department website says shipped via First Class Mail on 3/7/2024 from location #35 (Charleston, SC).
- 3/7/2024 - Passport arrives via Priority Mail in Massachusetts. Return address on the envelope was Charleston, SC, but tracking shows it came from Tucson.
Mar 11, 2024 | 10:22 pm
#2729
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska Titanium, DL Diamond 1.9MM, Bonvoy Platinum, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,996
Expedited locator 35 Renewal, extended size book, with the addition of a new passport card:
2/26/2024 - Mailed via Priority Mail
2/28/2024 - Received in Philadelphia
3/1/2024 - In Progress in Charleston
3/4/2024 - Check cashed
no updates in the interim, although there was a brief systems outage on 3/11 so it's possible an update got missed
3/11/2024 - Passport mailed
3/12/2024 - Arrival via Express Mail
Not a bad turnaround, but definitely a day or two slower than what other people have been experiencing, particularly for 'expedited' service. Still worlds better than the situation last year, and I can't complain because they are still well under the promised 2-3 week turnaround.
2/26/2024 - Mailed via Priority Mail
2/28/2024 - Received in Philadelphia
3/1/2024 - In Progress in Charleston
3/4/2024 - Check cashed
no updates in the interim, although there was a brief systems outage on 3/11 so it's possible an update got missed
3/11/2024 - Passport mailed
3/12/2024 - Arrival via Express Mail
Not a bad turnaround, but definitely a day or two slower than what other people have been experiencing, particularly for 'expedited' service. Still worlds better than the situation last year, and I can't complain because they are still well under the promised 2-3 week turnaround.
Last edited by BenA; Mar 12, 2024 at 7:14 pm Reason: passport arrived as promised
Mar 12, 2024 | 10:00 am
#2730
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA EP, UA 1K/MM, WoH Globalist, HH Diamond
Posts: 3,999
Expedited locator 35 Renewal, extended size book, with the addition of a new passport card:
2/26/2024 - Mailed via Priority Mail
2/28/2024 - Received in Philadelphia
3/1/2024 - In Progress in Charleston
3/4/2024 - Check cashed
no updates in the interim, although there was a brief systems outage on 3/11 so it's possible an update got missed
3/11/2024 - Passport mailed
3/12/2024 - Arrival via Express Mail (scheduled, but no reason to doubt it)
Not a bad turnaround, but definitely a day or two slower than what other people have been experiencing, particularly for 'expedited' service. Still worlds better than the situation last year, and I can't complain because they are still well under the promised 2-3 week turnaround.
2/26/2024 - Mailed via Priority Mail
2/28/2024 - Received in Philadelphia
3/1/2024 - In Progress in Charleston
3/4/2024 - Check cashed
no updates in the interim, although there was a brief systems outage on 3/11 so it's possible an update got missed
3/11/2024 - Passport mailed
3/12/2024 - Arrival via Express Mail (scheduled, but no reason to doubt it)
Not a bad turnaround, but definitely a day or two slower than what other people have been experiencing, particularly for 'expedited' service. Still worlds better than the situation last year, and I can't complain because they are still well under the promised 2-3 week turnaround.