Here are the updates (just got off the phone with NPIC).

Application was received on 3/Feb

Card manufactured today, 13/Feb.

Will be mailed out tomorrow, 14/Feb

Still have not received passport book, but I am not expecting that back before the passport card.

I also learn they document all calls, since I called on Monday to ask for an update and she mentioned my prior calls.

There's a good chance you will receive the book first, depending on where you are--the cards are manufactured out of Arkansas and Arizona, but the applications are adjudicated at an agency. If you post the first 2 digits of the locator number I can tell you where it is. And the book will likely be sent to you priority mail, the card is sent 1st class.

And yes, they document everything. Actually, AT&T (who runs NPIC now) is losing the contract in about 2 weeks.

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Miami. I'd expect the book very soon.

Wow! My application was received on February 2 and it's not even in the application status system yet! Could that be because I requested only a passport card and asked that my still-valid passport book be returned to me?

I'm really not sure. I did the same thing you did, requested a passport card and asked that my passport book be returned to me.

At least my fear of my passport photo being rejected turned out to be nothing to worry about. Right now, I'm more worried about my passport book being returned canceled or replaced. I left a little note taped on the cover stating that it still has 6 years validity and visas in there that I need.

and... my last post.

Both my passport card and passport book arrived today.

Total time, 19 days.

Did you actually call, or just check the website? My BF just got his passport. It was exactly 3 weeks from application to arriving in the mail. The website never had a status update. When he called they were able to give him information though.

I just checked the Website. But today, my original passport (non-biometric, valid through 2015) was returned to me along with a note saying, "Your passport application has been approved & your passport has been issued. If you applied for a...passport card only, you will receive your newly issued passport card and your returned citizenship evidence in two separate mailings."
Still nothing on the Website though, and no passport card. The "returned citizenship evidence" (old passport) was mailed from Portsmouth, NH on February 17.

Actually, I think 3 weeks processing time isn't bad at all. As long as the card comes within the next few days, I'm happy.

I included a letter with my passport asking that my valid passport be returned to me still valid. They put a small blank Post-It note inside it and mailed it back to me, no markings.

mkt, did you get your passport book and card on the same day? It may just have to do with the fact that they're being mailed from different places.

I did get them on the same day, however, it may also have something to do with the holiday weekend. It could've been that my passport was supposed to arrive on Monday and the passport card on Tuesday, but due to the holiday, both were delivered on Tuesday.

A bit OT.. I'm on the search for work right now (freelance work is starting to dry up), so I've been in countless HR offices. One thing that I've noticed is that quite a few employers haven't gotten the memo that the passport card is now valid for I9 purposes.

I got my card the next day.

Do what I did... do it yourself.

The sizing guide is on the passport website, I used a digital camera and made several sizes of the photo using Microsoft Word.

Worked great on the 5 I needed to do for our family. Cost was a couple of sheets of paper.

Beats paying anyone for polaroids that you look horrible in! This way you get to choose the photo you want to use.

I took mine in an empty room, photoshopped the background so it'd be white (wall was actually green), and formatted them on epassportphoto. Printed them out at Walgreens for under a buck.

Sent in my passport book 2/19 via USPS Priority. It arrived 2/20 in Philly.

Should I be worried or more patient? :confused:

patient :)