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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)
Jan 23, 2020 | 10:38 am
#466
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: BDL, BOS
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, AA EXP, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 670
My wife submitted an expedited renewal on 1/17. At the time she submitted we didn't think we were traveling until March, but now we have a trip planned for Feb. 6.
It showed up the tracking system today 1/23. I called this morning and paid for the upgraded overnight delivery for and additional ~$15. They also took the information that she would be traveling on 2/6.
How responsive will the expedited team be to this new travel date?
It showed up the tracking system today 1/23. I called this morning and paid for the upgraded overnight delivery for and additional ~$15. They also took the information that she would be traveling on 2/6.
How responsive will the expedited team be to this new travel date?
Feb 3, 2020 | 5:45 pm
#467
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2012
Location: DCA, lived MCI, SEA/PDX,BUF (born/raised)
Programs: Marriott, IHG, Hyatt, Choice, AS, UA, WN
Posts: 10,705
Mailed it at the post office. I don’t think the mailed it priority.. they called it something else
mailed this late afternoon on Jan 6
gotit in the mail feb 3 ( could have arrived on fri or sat)
mailed this late afternoon on Jan 6
gotit in the mail feb 3 ( could have arrived on fri or sat)
Feb 8, 2020 | 8:46 pm
#468
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 1
11/23/2019 Mailed passport renewal application at post office, priority mail flat rate envelope
11/26 USPS delivery confirmation, Philadelphia passport agency
11/29 (black Friday) email -- Application status: In Process
11/29 check cleared
1/2/2020 email -- Application status: Approved
1/4 new passport arrives in mail
11/26 USPS delivery confirmation, Philadelphia passport agency
11/29 (black Friday) email -- Application status: In Process
11/29 check cleared
1/2/2020 email -- Application status: Approved
1/4 new passport arrives in mail
Feb 20, 2020 | 8:17 pm
#469
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 5,116
2/12/2020: Mailed renewal application at Post office via Priority Mail express
2/13/2020: Delivery in Philadelphia confirmed
2/18/2020: Check cashed/cleared
2/18/2020: Application shows as processing
2/20/2020: New passport arrived via overnight mail
8 days door to door, including a federal holiday
2/13/2020: Delivery in Philadelphia confirmed
2/18/2020: Check cashed/cleared
2/18/2020: Application shows as processing
2/20/2020: New passport arrived via overnight mail
8 days door to door, including a federal holiday
Feb 21, 2020 | 8:44 am
#470
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
Data point for routine service (will update when received):
2/8/2020: Mailed renewal via Priority Mail (not express)
2/12/2020: Delivery to Processing Center in Irving, TX
2/14/2020: Check cashed
2/14/2020: Website shows application as received 2/13/2020 and processing
2/8/2020: Mailed renewal via Priority Mail (not express)
2/12/2020: Delivery to Processing Center in Irving, TX
2/14/2020: Check cashed
2/14/2020: Website shows application as received 2/13/2020 and processing
Feb 21, 2020 | 9:41 pm
#471
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: SEA
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 299
Data point for expedited service:
2/5/2020: Mailed via standard first class mail
2/10/2020: In process notice
2/11/2020: Check cashed
2/12/2020: Approval notice
2/18/2020: Received new passport (did not pay for faster shipping)
2/21/2020: Received old passport
2/5/2020: Mailed via standard first class mail
2/10/2020: In process notice
2/11/2020: Check cashed
2/12/2020: Approval notice
2/18/2020: Received new passport (did not pay for faster shipping)
2/21/2020: Received old passport
Feb 24, 2020 | 10:00 pm
#472
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 1
My timeline expedited plus overnight shipping
02-11-2020 applied at Quality Auditors Office in person , paid $187.17 (expedited + overnight) money order
02-18-2020 Department of State receives my application ( processing with timeline message indicating 2-3 weeks)
02-24-2020 still processing unchanged, called and inquired, told it's in Irving texas being processed (final leg presumably but no bailout date) asked if i have travelling plans soon i say yes but date unknown as marked in the application but it'll be end of first quarter or start of second quarter of March. Told to call by Thursday to check. I hang up. 30 mins after I receive an email "approved " by Department of State. 30 mins after that another email that it's printed and shipped and delivery around the 02-27-2020. 1 hour later I receive another email with tracking number confirmed date of 02-26-2020 with specific time or Money Back Guaranteed.
Note the process doesn't start when you apply or mail but only from the time they receive it, as it takes up to 7days for them to receive it. So from receiving to delivery 9 days including a weekend. Otherwise 7 business days. Also I want to add , tho not required if you have an actual flight it always helps otherwise you'll still get it within 2 weeks which is still fast , in fact I probably would have gotten it by next monday which is still within the 2 weeks+ my overnight shipping. If you can spare change, add overnight and it's a breeze.
02-18-2020 Department of State receives my application ( processing with timeline message indicating 2-3 weeks)
02-24-2020 still processing unchanged, called and inquired, told it's in Irving texas being processed (final leg presumably but no bailout date) asked if i have travelling plans soon i say yes but date unknown as marked in the application but it'll be end of first quarter or start of second quarter of March. Told to call by Thursday to check. I hang up. 30 mins after I receive an email "approved " by Department of State. 30 mins after that another email that it's printed and shipped and delivery around the 02-27-2020. 1 hour later I receive another email with tracking number confirmed date of 02-26-2020 with specific time or Money Back Guaranteed.
Note the process doesn't start when you apply or mail but only from the time they receive it, as it takes up to 7days for them to receive it. So from receiving to delivery 9 days including a weekend. Otherwise 7 business days. Also I want to add , tho not required if you have an actual flight it always helps otherwise you'll still get it within 2 weeks which is still fast , in fact I probably would have gotten it by next monday which is still within the 2 weeks+ my overnight shipping. If you can spare change, add overnight and it's a breeze.
Last edited by Yorn; Feb 24, 2020 at 10:17 pm Reason: Addition
Feb 25, 2020 | 6:47 am
#473
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 5,116
02-11-2020 applied at Quality Auditors Office in person , paid $187.17 (expedited + overnight) money order
02-18-2020 Department of State receives my application ( processing with timeline message indicating 2-3 weeks)
02-24-2020 still processing unchanged, called and inquired, told it's in Irving texas being processed (final leg presumably but no bailout date) asked if i have travelling plans soon i say yes but date unknown as marked in the application but it'll be end of first quarter or start of second quarter of March. Told to call by Thursday to check. I hang up. 30 mins after I receive an email "approved " by Department of State. 30 mins after that another email that it's printed and shipped and delivery around the 02-27-2020. 1 hour later I receive another email with tracking number confirmed date of 02-26-2020 with specific time or Money Back Guaranteed.
Note the process doesn't start when you apply or mail but only from the time they receive it, as it takes up to 7days for them to receive it. So from receiving to delivery 9 days including a weekend. Otherwise 7 business days. Also I want to add , tho not required if you have an actual flight it always helps otherwise you'll still get it within 2 weeks which is still fast , in fact I probably would have gotten it by next monday which is still within the 2 weeks+ my overnight shipping. If you can spare change, add overnight and it's a breeze.
02-18-2020 Department of State receives my application ( processing with timeline message indicating 2-3 weeks)
02-24-2020 still processing unchanged, called and inquired, told it's in Irving texas being processed (final leg presumably but no bailout date) asked if i have travelling plans soon i say yes but date unknown as marked in the application but it'll be end of first quarter or start of second quarter of March. Told to call by Thursday to check. I hang up. 30 mins after I receive an email "approved " by Department of State. 30 mins after that another email that it's printed and shipped and delivery around the 02-27-2020. 1 hour later I receive another email with tracking number confirmed date of 02-26-2020 with specific time or Money Back Guaranteed.
Note the process doesn't start when you apply or mail but only from the time they receive it, as it takes up to 7days for them to receive it. So from receiving to delivery 9 days including a weekend. Otherwise 7 business days. Also I want to add , tho not required if you have an actual flight it always helps otherwise you'll still get it within 2 weeks which is still fast , in fact I probably would have gotten it by next monday which is still within the 2 weeks+ my overnight shipping. If you can spare change, add overnight and it's a breeze.
Feb 29, 2020 | 10:24 am
#474
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: KOA/PHKO
Programs: Starbucks Gold, Amazon Prime
Posts: 911
Out of curiosity, do these get mailed to a central printing location, or are they handled at a local level?
**Will update as status changes**
2/20/20 - First time passport (standard/routineservice) dropped off at a receiving site in Honolulu.
2/21/20 - Online status shows received as of that date. Est 6-8 weeks.
3/2/20 - Passport Shipped Email
**Will update as status changes**
2/20/20 - First time passport (standard/routineservice) dropped off at a receiving site in Honolulu.
2/21/20 - Online status shows received as of that date. Est 6-8 weeks.
3/2/20 - Passport Shipped Email
Last edited by MDTyKe; Mar 2, 2020 at 11:46 pm
Mar 1, 2020 | 1:25 am
#475
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: DL, UA, AA, B6, 2V, Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt
Posts: 6,120
If you submit your application at a post office (at the counter, not mailing it in), it should be handled by your local passport facility, unless they're backed up.
Mar 4, 2020 | 7:30 pm
#476
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 1
Presently Waiting
2/21 - Applied at Post Office in Elgin, Sc with normal processing
2/25 - Application trackable in online system
3/4 - Status is still in process
3/9 - Status passport updated to shipped with tracking number. It says it should deliver on or around 3/15. I didn't receive any email updates.
3/10 - Status showing approved and that they are no printing my passport book. USPS Informed delivery shows that it will deliver to me on tomorrow.
3/11 - Passport received- Charleston SC showing as return address
2/25 - Application trackable in online system
3/4 - Status is still in process
3/9 - Status passport updated to shipped with tracking number. It says it should deliver on or around 3/15. I didn't receive any email updates.
3/10 - Status showing approved and that they are no printing my passport book. USPS Informed delivery shows that it will deliver to me on tomorrow.
3/11 - Passport received- Charleston SC showing as return address
Last edited by Kikihop; Mar 11, 2020 at 10:28 am
Mar 5, 2020 | 4:31 pm
#477
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 1
2/26/2020: Applied for new passport via expedited service (paid extra for overnight delivery since my mother surprised is with trip that will leave on 3/15)
2/27/2020: Paperwork arrived from KS to Philadelphia Center
2/28/2020: Website states that paperwork is "In Process" and has a 2-3 week turnaround
3/3/2020: Check fully cleared bank account
3/5/2020: Application status = Approved and is being printed, but should arrive on or around 3/8/2020
2/27/2020: Paperwork arrived from KS to Philadelphia Center
2/28/2020: Website states that paperwork is "In Process" and has a 2-3 week turnaround
3/3/2020: Check fully cleared bank account
3/5/2020: Application status = Approved and is being printed, but should arrive on or around 3/8/2020
Mar 17, 2020 | 8:38 am
#478
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Illinois
Posts: 6
Data point for routine service (will update when received):
2/15/2020: Mailed both renewals via Priority Mail (did not do express)
2/17/2020: Delivery to Processing Center in Irving, TX
2/20/2020: Checks cashed
2/19/2020: Website shows both applications as received 2/19/2020 and processing (currently processing in 6-8 weeks)
2/21/2020: Received emails stating both applications are processing
3/20/2020: Status Approved (for hubby's passport) and being printed. Should arrive on or around 3/28/2020
3/20/2020: Status Still processing (for my passport)
3/24/2020: Received hubby's passport from Tucson, AZ
4/07/2020: Still waiting for my passport to be sent...
5/15/2020: Still have not received my passport
2/15/2020: Mailed both renewals via Priority Mail (did not do express)
2/17/2020: Delivery to Processing Center in Irving, TX
2/20/2020: Checks cashed
2/19/2020: Website shows both applications as received 2/19/2020 and processing (currently processing in 6-8 weeks)
2/21/2020: Received emails stating both applications are processing
3/20/2020: Status Approved (for hubby's passport) and being printed. Should arrive on or around 3/28/2020
3/20/2020: Status Still processing (for my passport)
3/24/2020: Received hubby's passport from Tucson, AZ
4/07/2020: Still waiting for my passport to be sent...
5/15/2020: Still have not received my passport
Last edited by trinitey2000; May 15, 2020 at 1:52 pm
