Was just coming on to see if ours is a one off - it seems not
Daughters passport - she had a previous passport - but kids can't do "renewals"

Dec 21, 2020 - USPS appointment - paid by money order - so I don't have a cash date
Jan 19, 2021 - New Passport in a priority mail envelope was delivered to our house

Looks like they have been working mad fast lately

I did NOT pay for any type of expidited or express - our potential trip is for Mid July 2021 - so I was willing to chance that we had enough time

USPS
 

I applied for my 5 years old passport at USPS as well. He has another 5 years old passport expiring in June. I applied 01/22/2021 paid no expedite since our trip is not until July. I used a personal check but didn’t pay for expedite or any additional service. How does USPS handle those applications? Do they ship applications to local facility?? I was wondering since they didn’t charge me for mailing the application to Passport agency. Perhaps this is why they are quick to process?

You should have paid $80 for the passport and $35 for the "Execution fee" the execution fee goes to the post office to cover their time and also for mailing etc.

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam...SG_JAN2021.pdf

Also - if you wrote 1 check, you probably wrote it for the combined fees and the fee for a money order which they filled out to the state dept. If you look at your receipt it should have the money order number. If you wrote 2 checks - one for the $80 and one for the $35, then they just send the $80 with the application and keep the $35 one at the post office.

I did pay the state department fee by check and $35 for execution fees on CC. Does USPs mail it priority mail to local facility or somewhere else?

Newborn passport
 

Hey guys,
Any of you have an idea if newborn baby passports application take longer?
expedited application with courier mail
USPS appointment was 1/08/21
In Process email 1/20/21

desperately trying to fly by 20th of February

a friend of mine has family in Europe. His newborn needed a passport in June 2020. Odd enough, he applied for a normal processing because they didn’t allow expedited at the time. Two weeks after, he called the 1800 number and told them his grandma was very sick and provided her doctor’s note. The next morning the local passport agency called him to come the day after to pick up his passport. He didn’t even pay for the expedite fee. If you don’t get it by 02/15 you should call and explain that you need an emergency appointment

They don't commonly take longer, assuming: the infant's photo is acceptable, the application has been properly completed along with the required supporting material, and handled as due from in-person submission and afterward. They often enough get back to the US Embassies/Consulates faster from the US than even straight-forward adult renewals. Domestically-submitted applications aren't exactly the same story, but there is no common issue with new passports for infants taking longer.

I would assume that typically the infant's passport would be back well before your anticipated flight date.

They definitely mail it somewhere - only the State Department can issue Passports - the USPS just collects the data - you can just as easily mail in the application yourself.
If you mail it in yourself there are several agencies that depending on what state you live in, you mail to a certain place. I do not know if those are the same places the USPS mails too.
I didn't look at the return address when my Daughter's passport was mailed to us.

Here are a list of places it could possibly be sent: https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...-agencies.html

I’m in Seattle and I believe if USPs mails it to the local Seattle passport agency then I will receive the passport very soon. Unless they mail to somewhere else.

Sent you a PM.

thanks for the information! I would think everything was appropriate as the USPS personnel checked it at the appointment. Let’s hope it’s before our flight.

I tried the appointment before and they were all full, my father has to have surgery and is why I need to travel, so we have moved the trip in order to accommodate for those 4-6 processing weeks. Dad has to have heart surgery.

call the 1800 they will manage to expedite it. He couldn’t get an appointment on his own so they managed to talk to the local passport agency even though he mailed it in.

Passport for child under 16, regular (non-expedited) service.

1/7 - USPS interview; sent using regular mail
1/27 - Status changed to "In Process"
1/28 - Check cleared
2/12 - Status changed to "Shipped" (email with USPS Priority tracking number sent)
2/23 - USPS marked as received by USPS
2/23 - Received "Approved" email
2/26 - Citizenship documentation received
3/3 - Received Passport

56 days from application to passport receipt. Of those 56 days, around 40 were spent waiting on USPS.

is this the first status change since 01/07?