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NYCNorm Feb 11, 2021 10:06 am


Originally Posted by Villaj727 (Post 33028849)
I applied for 2 passports for my Toddlers on 1/8/2021. Didn't pay for expedited service...

Where did you apply? Was it domestic or international?

Villaj727 Feb 11, 2021 10:35 am


Originally Posted by NYCNorm (Post 33030641)
Where did you apply? Was it domestic or international?

I applied at a local library. (Domestic)

NYCNorm Feb 11, 2021 2:43 pm


Originally Posted by Villaj727 (Post 33030716)
I applied at a local library. (Domestic)

We applied at our local post office in January and it took 20 days for the processing center to receive our application. It might be worth a call to the library to see if they have a tracking number on the packet of applications they sent in. With all of the delays in the USPS system at the moment, it might take some time for the application to reach the processing center.

Trialer Feb 11, 2021 2:47 pm

Jan 15: Applied for first passport for baby daughter with the county passport acceptance agent - Regular - NOT expedited
Jan 19: Online status shows "In Process"
Feb 5: Status shows approved
Feb 11: Delivered (Mailed from Tucson, AZ)

Total time exactly 4 weeks - Regular service

Just FYI where you apply - office or state has no bearing on where your application is processed, printed (could be different than processing), and mailed. That is decided from what I understand on some demand and backlog logic at each center/agency.

crescatfloreat Feb 11, 2021 9:07 pm


Originally Posted by Trialer (Post 33031366)
Jan 15: Applied for first passport for baby daughter with the county passport acceptance agent - Regular - NOT expedited
Jan 19: Online status shows "In Process"
Feb 5: Status shows approved
Feb 11: Delivered (Mailed from Tucson, AZ)

Total time exactly 4 weeks - Regular service

Just FYI where you apply - office or state has no bearing on where your application is processed, printed (could be different than processing), and mailed. That is decided from what I understand on some demand and backlog logic at each center/agency.

Very swift! Quite envious here. Did you also receive status emails, and, if so, did they correspond to the status shown on the web page?

Trialer Feb 12, 2021 1:34 am


Originally Posted by crescatfloreat (Post 33031949)
Very swift! Quite envious here. Did you also receive status emails, and, if so, did they correspond to the status shown on the web page?

I did receive the "In Process" status email about 2 weeks after it had already changed online and also after it got "Approved". The "Approved" status online did not change to "Mailed" even after receiving the passport.

Mkh4ui Feb 12, 2021 7:00 pm

Haven’t received passport
 
Does anyone know if I can get a passport reissued if I haven’t received it after 10 days? I paid to have the express shipping. If so how long does it take. Can they send me another one?

crescatfloreat Feb 13, 2021 4:11 pm


Originally Posted by Trialer (Post 33032209)
I did receive the "In Process" status email about 2 weeks after it had already changed online and also after it got "Approved". The "Approved" status online did not change to "Mailed" even after receiving the passport.

Helpful emails...


Originally Posted by Mkh4ui (Post 33033819)
Does anyone know if I can get a passport reissued if I haven’t received it after 10 days? I paid to have the express shipping. If so how long does it take. Can they send me another one?

Has it been sent out already? It might just be stuck with the slow postal services.

Mkh4ui Feb 14, 2021 3:34 pm

It was mailed on the 8th as overnight Express. USPS showed a scan of it leaving Little Rock on the 8th but there hasn't been a scan since then. The local post office believes it was sorted wrong and sent first class mail. We are leaving for our trip on in 3 weeks. My wife and I originally sent in a renewal on December 12th but they were both lost in the mail so we had to do new on in January. Now it appears mine may be lost again. My wife did get hers last week via UPS. I hope they can reissue me another one quickly if it is lost.

crescatfloreat Feb 15, 2021 9:09 am

Wow - not a good performance of the Post Office!
I'd give the NPIC a call now and explain the situation. I think the delay is sufficient to start presuming it's lost or very delayed.
And three weeks should be enough to salvage the effort with a new passport if bad luck does not continue to strike!

Eastbay1K Feb 15, 2021 5:00 pm


Originally Posted by Mkh4ui (Post 33037443)
It was mailed on the 8th as overnight Express. USPS showed a scan of it leaving Little Rock on the 8th but there hasn't been a scan since then. The local post office believes it was sorted wrong and sent first class mail. We are leaving for our trip on in 3 weeks. My wife and I originally sent in a renewal on December 12th but they were both lost in the mail so we had to do new on in January. Now it appears mine may be lost again. My wife did get hers last week via UPS. I hope they can reissue me another one quickly if it is lost.

Who knows how many mail trucks have been delayed, smashed up, skidded off highways, or another of other potential travel maladies in the past week.

Mr. BoH Feb 17, 2021 8:46 am

Nov 23rd: mailed renewal
Dec 1st: check cashed and status changed to "In Process" on website
Feb 13th: Received a super-timely email saying they had received by application on 11/30 and it was in process, noting 10-12 week turnaround (seems unlikely at this point...)

I would be pretty annoyed if it didn't look like my international travel is getting canceled anyway.

I wonder if the email update happens when they actually start working on it? Otherwise, I don't much see the point in sending an email 10 weeks after receipt if the whole process is supposed to take 10-12 weeks

crescatfloreat Feb 17, 2021 6:35 pm


Originally Posted by Mr. BoH (Post 33043016)
I wonder if the email update happens when they actually start working on it? Otherwise, I don't much see the point in sending an email 10 weeks after receipt if the whole process is supposed to take 10-12 weeks

It furiously looks like it from the comments here, and also what I experienced. Unless it is entirely random.

What also seems odd is how long the whole processing can take. I'd have naïvely hoped that once someone looks at it and signs it off after review of the source documents, the application and the old document - where applicable - it gets produced quite swiftly.

Seattleguy10 Feb 17, 2021 6:41 pm


Originally Posted by crescatfloreat (Post 33044368)
It furiously looks like it from the comments here, and also what I experienced. Unless it is entirely random.

What also seems odd is how long the whole processing can take. I'd have naïvely hoped that once someone looks at it and signs it off after review of the source documents, the application and the old document - where applicable - it gets produced quite swiftly.

I honestly think the email is random. I applied for a renewal for my son who is 5 years old. We applied at USPS 01/22 and got an email they received it and processing 01/28. If they started working on it 01/28, they would have shipped it by now. I’m not in a hurry and we applied for normal processing.

mamanerd Feb 19, 2021 7:51 am


Originally Posted by mamanerd (Post 33012021)
We sent our renewals in December. Filled out paperwork online, printed and sent in with DIY photos. Not expedited.
Passport status:
Received 12/22/20
Checks cashed 12/23/20
Status "in process" ever since.

I'm REALLY hoping that some of the luck I'm seeing here rubs off on us!

UPDATE:
2/14: Received email that passport was in process.
2/18: Received email from Passport office that passport application was approved, book was being printed, and estimated arrival would be 2/24.

updated information

Note: husband's application submitted at the same time, put "in process" at the same time, is still in process as of 2/19.


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