Submitted Mar 30 for routine at USPS.
Check cashed May 5
Issued Jun 29 but status didn't reflect approved until Jun 30.
Mailed out Jun 30.
Received July 2

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for sharing all your timelines and suggestions. It's been really helpful to read it all during our waiting period. Here's how it went for us:
5/20 Submitted the application in person for a minor at a post office. We paid for the expedited service and the 1-2 delivery.
5/28 "Processing" it didn't show in the system until I called the customer support on 6/14 (up until this point the information was "not available").
6/1 Check cashed
6/24 Still processing. We reached out to Pelosi's office in the AM and by late afternoon a nice person called us back and said he was going to send us the privacy release form for us to complete and send back together with the proof of travel. He submitted the inquiry to the passport agency on 6/25.
6/28 No updates. We followed up with Pelosi's office but no response.
6/29 We reached out to Padilla's office and sent the privacy release form but no response.
We were desperate to get an appointment at the agency to get the passport within 3 days but we had no luck securing a time slot. We tried between 12am -1:30am and the dates would show up but without any time slots.
6/30 at 5:20AM we received an e-mail confirmation that the passport was shipped 6/29
6/30 the passport arrived at 10am! Phew!! Our trip is on 7/3.
The system still shows our application as "In Process".

Good luck everyone!

Have a last minute appointment available at NYC
TODAY (my friend can't make it)
Thursday.

Pm me :)

That’s a bunch of State Department BS. It’s not USPS sitting on the application for four weeks. It’s State not opening mail.

Advise
 

Good morning, after reading this forum the past few days, i wanted to share and hope to gain some advise or knowledge. I am traveling on my 1st international trip the first of August. Here's my timeline thus far:
May 13th- applied at USPS, told expediting would not be necessary. I'd get my passport in plenty of time.
June 7th- received my application and reviewing my application and supporting documents. In Process.
June 29th- called to expedite. waited on hold 2 1/2 hours. Gave all my info. Paid.
June 29 - realized my billing & shipping info on my credit card are different - i just moved- knew my card would decline.
June 30- Called back- waited on hold 7 hours.....7 HOURS!!! I explained what i did the day before, asked if my card was declined, she could not tell me. I asked to resubmit the expedite request. I did not care if I was charged twice, that I had to have this passport. So she processed the expedite request again and at this point informed me that a request in not a guarantee it will be expedited. WHAT?!?! the previous lady did NOT tell me this. So I am now so stressed.
*** I stayed in good spirits, tried to be light hearted when i did FINALLY speak to someone. they were very mater of fact.
July 1- nothing has changed on the website....

What can i do? How will i know if they accept my request. Has anyone else been told that requesting to expedite is not a guarantee you can get it expedited?

They told me the same thing. They said all I could do is monitor my card to see if they they debited the money. The lady did say they might not accept it if it was close to being shipped out, which would be a good scenario. I did also pay the $17 for the 1-2 day delivery fee as well, so hopefully that gets it out of their mail room quicker. It's been 30 hrs since my 4 hour hold to request those services and nothing has been debited from my card for either service. Lovely isn't it?

I was told the same thing by USPS by the way.....back on April 7th! I have reached out to my congressman to get help as well but they have not done any inquiries yet and want me to wait till the 2 week mark to try and get an in person appointment. The problem is that if they don't do the expedite and give me a receipt for that my congressman can't get me an in person appointment.

A general question for everyone here: How have some of your guys congressman's office made actual inquiries to get things rolling? I've asked them to do this, filled out the privacy form, and gave them my itinerary. From what I've read here it seems they can call and get some information, why won't my office do that?

Have you tried your other two congressional members?

Thanks... I just did that.

Feinstien's office wants me to mail the privacy form to San Francisco so that will be a slow process if I do that.

June 24: Expedited application sent.
June 25: Application delivered.
June 29: Check deposited.
July 1: Application “in process.”

This gives me hope as my boyfriend's application was given to the County Clerk Recorder on June 29. It's expedited with 1-2 day delivery. Our trip is in August and we are worried it won't be processed in time.

Just got a call from Padilla's office. The assistant was very nice and is going to make an inquiry for me. Hopefully this will get their asses in gear...

My expedited timeline:

Priority mailed to Philadelphia on 5/24
Delivered on 5/28
In process 6/3
Received email on 6/14 that it was in process (uh, thanks?)
Received email on 6/30 that it was approved and would be delivered on or around 7/3
Received another email on 7/1 that was the same as the above approved email
No notification of shipping or tracking number even though I paid for Priority Express.
Passport received on 7/2

Hey! I'm also in Brooklyn and was lucky to find your post while lurking in here. I have a planned flight in early august and thus I'm worried that my passport may not make it. That said, how did you contact Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ? was it through the website ? if so would you mind sharing a bit more detail on what you did ? Thanks!

You can contact any Senator or House Representative through their website. Usually, an aid will reply fairly quickly. They will ask you to fill out a release form with personal info that authorizes them to contact the Passport Agency on your behalf. I recommend explaining your situation clearly—especially why you need assistance. They may ask you for further documentation such as your flight itinerary and a justification as to why this application should be treated urgently.