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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:
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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.
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17 days total for expedited service and delivery, 6-23 April 2024 
- Mailed via Priority Mail: 6 April 2024
- Delivered in Philadelphia: 11 April 2024
- New passport issued: 16 April 2024
- Received new passport: 23 April 2024
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This is a good one to compare expedited vs regular: I mailed mine priority to Philadelphia for regular processing: delivered April 5 (Friday), received April 8, and still in process as of 5 minutes ago.
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- Mailed via Priority Mail: 3 Apr 2024
- Delivered in Philadelphia: 5 April 2024
- "Status: In Process" and "Received on 8 April" and "allow 4-8 weeks for routine service" via website: 9 April 2024
Requested email notifications - 9 April 2024
- Email Notification "Application Status: In Process. Your application was received on 8 April": 7 May 2024 1930hrs
- Email Notification "Application Status: Approved": 8 May 2025 0200hrs
- Email Notification "Application Status: Shipped": 8 May 2024 1800hrs
- Email Notification "Application Status: Approved": 8 May 2024 2200hrs
- USPS Tracking email/text update: Received at Tucson, AZ Mail Facility: 8 May 2024 1725hrs
- USPS Tracking email/text update: Delivered Fairfax, VA, 10 May 2024, 0930hrs
My total timeline was April 3 - May 10 or 38 days (5 weeks) total door to door (although still awaiting passport card and supporting docs).
Email notifications leaves a bit to be desired as the notifications came weeks behind actual events and a little bit of out of order. Monitoring of the website is still best.
But pretty good service overall and still on par with pre-COVID.
12 May ETA: On looking closely at my passport and the Priority Mail envelope I noticed two curious things: 1) The passport information page says the Date of Issue was 7 May, the day BEFORE the website and email notifications stated it was only approved and being prepared of 8 May; and 2) the email notification and USPS tracking info stated the passport was shipped from Tucson, AZ but the return address on the mailing label states Portsmouth, NH. I guess they have a template for the mailing label - probably for billing/accounting purposes.
18 May ETA: Expired Passport (supporting documents) mailed on May 15, delivered on May 18. Although application was sent to Phildelphia, the enevelope for the expired passport has a return address of Sterling, VA, and the postmark on the envelope is from New Hampshire. Passport card mailed from New Hampshire also on May 8, delivered May 12.
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Curious. Mailed passport May 23 or so. Status shows "in process" since May 29th. But the payment check hasn't been cashed yet. Normally they cash it even before the status updates. Any idea what that might be?
P.S. Wonder if I forgot to sign the check :/ If I did - nothing to do but wait till they contact me, I guess?
P.S. Wonder if I forgot to sign the check :/ If I did - nothing to do but wait till they contact me, I guess?
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Curious. Mailed passport May 23 or so. Status shows "in process" since May 29th. But the payment check hasn't been cashed yet. Normally they cash it even before the status updates. Any idea what that might be?
P.S. Wonder if I forgot to sign the check :/ If I did - nothing to do but wait till they contact me, I guess?
P.S. Wonder if I forgot to sign the check :/ If I did - nothing to do but wait till they contact me, I guess?
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How does it work if I have an application in progress and suddenly have to use a local passport center to get the passport sooner?
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2. Yes, supporting materials should/will be returned at the same time as the new passport.
Ensure you have all needed documentation and photos. More info here: Apply at the Houston Passport Agency (state.gov)
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Check the last couple of pages of this thread. You're within the normal time frame, although you haven't specified if you did standard or expedited, or if it was mailed or submitted in person at the post office.
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