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Old 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:
  1. 14 days before your trip, you need to schedule an appointment with the passport agency.
  2. 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)
  3. Click 1 (For English)
  4. Click 2 (New Passport)
  5. 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.
  6. When your it hits exactly 8:00 am Click 2 (for traveling within 14 days option)
  7. 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.
  8. If you did not click 1 exactly at 8 am, you may have to wait for more than an hour and half
After the appointment slot has been reserved you will be provided with a unique identifier code and reservation number. These details will also be emailed to you.

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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Old Jun 16, 2024 | 6:06 am
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Originally Posted by Infinite1K
Thanks for the additional info. But before you get to experience the extra scrutiny, how would you be even allowed to board the plane at your origin if you have an expired passport?
Good question. The OP stated he has passports from other countries, which why my response included, "So, if you know you must travel from and return to the US before receiving your new US passport, and you can travel to your destination and return to the US using your other passport(s)....,"

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Old Jun 16, 2024 | 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by 000derek
I forgot to mention I have 2 other passports that I could use to enter other countries. I only need a US passport to reenter the US
Originally Posted by Section 107
Good question. The OP stated he has passports from other countries, which why my response included, "So, if you know you must travel from and return to the US before receiving your new US passport, and you can travel to your destination and return to the US using your other passport(s)....,"

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OP said they needed their US passport to reenter, so the other 2 passports didnt really apply to this case.
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Old Jun 17, 2024 | 10:42 am
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For my mom (regular processing, standard passport, standard shipping):

May 20 (Monday): submitted via USPS (from NY)
May 22 (Wednesday): received at TX processing center
Jun 14 (Friday): new passport shipped
Jun 17 (Monday): new passport received

So less than 4 weeks from date of receipt.

I took her photo and printed at FedEx for $1.69 + sales tax
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Old Jun 18, 2024 | 4:37 pm
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The passport folks must have hired a lot of new people and geared up to be ready for the re-launch of online renewals.
I mailed my passport for renewal on Tuesday May 21 - regular mail not priority from NC.
On Thursday June 6 the new passport was in my mailbox.
No expedited processing and no expedited shipping.
Maybe I just got lucky but 16 days including USPS regular mail delivery both ways is pretty impressive.
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Old Jun 21, 2024 | 11:33 am
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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?
So, turns out - I *did* forget to sign the check. D-oh.
Today (June 21, so 3 weeks since acceptance) received an email with a copy of the letter asking me to mail the check to them. Online status also shows "more information requested".
Sent the new check priority mail, of course (and looked over it a dozen times to make sure nothing's missing ). Let's see how long it takes them to cash the check and finish processing.
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Old Jun 24, 2024 | 4:08 pm
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This is giving me hope for a quick turnaround. Both of my kids are now at the age of finding employment (summer jobs, internships, etc.), and I feel that it's best that they carry a passport card for their I-9 form verification instead of a passport (too valuable), birth certificate (too flimsy), or social security card (permanently in a safe deposit box). Miss Swede's passport is set to expire in 10 months with some potential int'l travel this fall/winter, so we submitted her renewal application last week (standard processing and shipping). Baby Swede's doesn't expire until 2026, but I think I just might bite the bullet and do a renewal now--plus since she's 16, she can do a mail-in/online renewal going forward, and I no longer have to find an appointment at a bleepin' post office* or civic building (cue confetti).

* - for those in the Denver area, there are quite a few post offices south and east out in the flatlands that have open times pretty much every day of the week.
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Old Jun 27, 2024 | 4:11 pm
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Renewal / Expedited to / from Brooklyn
Mailed June 10
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Old Jun 29, 2024 | 6:19 pm
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Originally Posted by pseudoswede
Baby Swede's doesn't expire until 2026, but I think I just might bite the bullet and do a renewal now--plus since she's 16, she can do a mail-in/online renewal going forward, and I no longer have to find an appointment at a bleepin' post office* or civic building (cue confetti).
Can't remember if it's at 16 or 17 they can get a 10 year passport instead of a 5 year. If Baby Swede isn't quite eligible for the 10 year yet, wait until she is and get the extra 5 years.
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Old Jun 29, 2024 | 7:29 pm
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Age 16 allows ten-year U.S. passports.
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Old Jun 30, 2024 | 6:44 am
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Seemingly the DoS has been piloting the idea of "expediting" passport applications from those who are doing so from missions abroad. This has not been widely publicized yet, however supposedly if one shows proof of travel within 14 days, one's passport will be done within that time frame and if not it can "take up to six weeks". Seems to me that this means that the regular fast service that we have enjoyed is now the "expedited" option, and now there is a slower track for any others. However missions that offer this no longer give people hassle about retaining their current passport uncancelled, until the new passport is received (meaning that one has to go pick up the new passport when it arrives).
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Old Jul 1, 2024 | 12:41 pm
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Originally Posted by hfly
Seemingly the DoS has been piloting the idea of "expediting" passport applications from those who are doing so from missions abroad. This has not been widely publicized yet, however supposedly if one shows proof of travel within 14 days, one's passport will be done within that time frame and if not it can "take up to six weeks". Seems to me that this means that the regular fast service that we have enjoyed is now the "expedited" option, and now there is a slower track for any others. However missions that offer this no longer give people hassle about retaining their current passport uncancelled, until the new passport is received (meaning that one has to go pick up the new passport when it arrives).
Im having trouble following this - and maybe because Im new to this corner of FT. Does that mean if I sent in my app last week I should expect it to take longer than the more recent DPs suggest?
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Old Jul 1, 2024 | 2:07 pm
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Im having trouble following this - and maybe because Im new to this corner of FT. Does that mean if I sent in my app last week I should expect it to take longer than the more recent DPs suggest?
hfly referred to passport renewal applications which are submitted at US embassies and consulates abroad.
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Old Jul 2, 2024 | 5:34 pm
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So, turns out - I *did* forget to sign the check. D-oh.
Today (June 21, so 3 weeks since acceptance) received an email with a copy of the letter asking me to mail the check to them. Online status also shows "more information requested".
Sent the new check priority mail, of course (and looked over it a dozen times to make sure nothing's missing ). Let's see how long it takes them to cash the check and finish processing.
Ok, this isn't working out too well. My new check was delivered to the NPC (VA address) the very next day, June 22. Since then - nothing, new check not cashed, no updates.
My travel is on July 15. Today was the first day I could call and ask the customer service for help. So I did - according to the CS, if passport is being renewed by mail, I am not eligible to use a passport office in person. Customer service did charge me $60 extra to "expedite" but made no promises as to whether/when the passport will be processed. Their official line is - if NPC does not send me the passport by July 15, I will not be able to travel, no recourse.

Anyone dealt with this? Is this correct?
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Old Jul 3, 2024 | 1:56 pm
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Ok, this isn't working out too well. My new check was delivered to the NPC (VA address) the very next day, June 22. Since then - nothing, new check not cashed, no updates.
My travel is on July 15. Today was the first day I could call and ask the customer service for help. So I did - according to the CS, if passport is being renewed by mail, I am not eligible to use a passport office in person. Customer service did charge me $60 extra to "expedite" but made no promises as to whether/when the passport will be processed. Their official line is - if NPC does not send me the passport by July 15, I will not be able to travel, no recourse.

Anyone dealt with this? Is this correct?
I have not dealt with that. But I recommend contacting your congresscritter's office - either your House Rep or one of your Senators - they will have suggestions and hopefully some ability to facilitate.

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Old Jul 8, 2024 | 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by pseudoswede
Miss Swede's passport is set to expire in 10 months with some potential int'l travel this fall/winter, so we submitted her renewal application last week (standard processing and shipping).
Wow. Accepted at post office on 6/21. Passport book arriving today! 18 days. How long after the book does the card arrive?
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