CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jul 14, 2023 23:57:03 GMT
Because my search skills on this board are worse than horrible.....
What happened with the mom, a Pea, whose daughter needed a passport for travel?
They just had on the news again that it is taking 4 months. A couple had a European trip planned and had to cancel as they didn't have their passports. They are out about $10,000. I can't even imagine ever taking a trip that costs that much let alone losing that much.
Oh and they applied for their pp 3 months ago.
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Post by busy on Jul 15, 2023 1:17:08 GMT
With tickets already purchased, they could have gone to their nearest passport office (which may have meant traveling hours, but with $10k at stake, seems worth it) and have gotten them expedited and issued at the last minute in person. I believe it costs extra, on top of the regular fee, and the expedited fee they probably already paid, but still…
That really stinks.
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Jul 15, 2023 2:17:37 GMT
Maybe my story is different as it was a renewal but mine took 8 weeks. I think I started the process in March.
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Post by jackietex on Jul 15, 2023 4:51:33 GMT
With tickets already purchased, they could have gone to their nearest passport office (which may have meant traveling hours, but with $10k at stake, seems worth it) and have gotten them expedited and issued at the last minute in person. I believe it costs extra, on top of the regular fee, and the expedited fee they probably already paid, but still… That really stinks. I've heard that the back-up is so bad right now, that even expedited passports can take weeks. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 15, 2023 5:03:00 GMT
Also reported expedited is 7-9 weeks..
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TXMary
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Post by TXMary on Jul 15, 2023 5:07:15 GMT
We just renewed ours and received them last week. We paid for expedited and two-day return mail. We got them six weeks to the day from when we mailed them in.
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Post by busy on Jul 15, 2023 11:29:26 GMT
With tickets already purchased, they could have gone to their nearest passport office (which may have meant traveling hours, but with $10k at stake, seems worth it) and have gotten them expedited and issued at the last minute in person. I believe it costs extra, on top of the regular fee, and the expedited fee they probably already paid, but still… That really stinks. I've heard that the back-up is so bad right now, that even expedited passports can take weeks. The in-person appointments, when you’re less than 14 days from travel, and your passport (expedited or not) is still not ready, are still a thing. You can get the passport same day or next day. However, for non-emergency travel, there aren’t guaranteed appointments available and there are a limited number of passport agency offices. The Midwest and west coast have very few and they are very far apart. |
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Post by teddyw on Jul 15, 2023 11:39:49 GMT
With tickets already purchased, they could have gone to their nearest passport office (which may have meant traveling hours, but with $10k at stake, seems worth it) and have gotten them expedited and issued at the last minute in person. I believe it costs extra, on top of the regular fee, and the expedited fee they probably already paid, but still… That really stinks. I've heard that the back-up is so bad right now, that even expedited passports can take weeks. I renewed mine expedited the first week of may. I got it last week. USPS never updated the tracking either. So my tracking always said never received by the passport office in Philadelphia. |
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