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Please make certain that you leave plenty of time for passport renewal or new application.
The passport offices seem to be processing at a slow pace.
Excited services for an extra charge may be the way to go.
If you get within 30 days of travel where you will need the passport, check the website and see where you are in the que.
As a last resort, contact your US Representative Congresswoman or man.
They can help!
Thanks Andrea. We will need to renew our passports this year. Our plan is to renew once we are home, but after I renew my driver's license since I will want to use as ID so I can get my Real ID.
Just sharing our experience.....Our son's passport expires this March, and we needed it renewed. Because he is a minor, we're required to renew in-person with both parents present. In December I tried to get an appointment, but the first available was January 30th at the post office (just an fyi, at least in the Philly area, some processing locations are no longer open due to covid, so very limited appointment availability).
Anyway, here we are a month later and his application is not even "in the system" yetI was finally able to speak with a live person yesterday at the passport processing office. She said that there is a delay (Uhm, yes, we know!) and that it would take 10-12wks to process, but that timeline does not start until the passport has been RECEIVED for processing and we get an application locator number by email. So, the process started on our end in December, and will most likely not receive it until sometime in May. I guess it's been sitting at the post office for the last month. Current status = Not Found, which is why I called.
Lesson learned -as per Andrea's comment above, Expedited service seems the way go!
Which post office were you able to go to? We are in south Jersey and need to renew ours once we are home.Originally Posted by mlrhoxie
Just sharing our experience.....Our son's passport expires this March, and we needed it renewed. Because he is a minor, we're required to renew in-person with both parents present. In December I tried to get an appointment, but the first available was January 30th at the post office (just an fyi, at least in the Philly area, some processing locations are no longer open due to covid, so very limited appointment availability).
Anyway, here we are a month later and his application is not even "in the system" yet
Lesson learned -as per Andrea's comment above, Expedited service seems the way go!
contact your US Congresswoman/man.
We live in Philly suburbs, and there were only a handful of locations still open w/in a 50mile radius. We went to the Blue Bell, PA post office. Even though multiple locations are listed when you search, we found most are no longer processing apps. The US Customs bldg in Center City is open for processing applications, but limited hours and by appt only. Good luck, and I hope the process goes smoother for you!
If you fill out your paperwork and deliver it to your congressman's office, the application will be expedited as a courtesy to the congressman's (or congresswoman's) constituents.
I had to renew my passport. The day after we returned from Aruba I went to the PO in NJ and got photo, paid and they sent it out. I did not use expedited service as I didn't have an international trip planned (only Florida for one month). I just got notified, the passport has been sent out to my home address and expected this Friday. Just over 6 weeks. Not bad at all. So for me, it was a good experience.
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