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Passport Renewal

patbz — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:09:52 GMT

DH and I received our passport renewals today; 2 weeks after we sent them in. Still awaiting our old passports and passport cards. I am thinking we should receive them later this week.

Re: Passport Renewal

Desertdi — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:25:24 GMT

Yes.....you will get it shortly. It will be punched with holes.

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cancun08 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:28:04 GMT

Mine took 5 weeks.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:03:13 GMT

Mine expired. I need to get a new one. I'm the only one in my entire family who doesn't have a good passport. My daughter is going to France and England in August and the other one is spending Christmas in Germany.

I had to get a new birth certificate. Now I'm good.

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Say Nay — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:28:54 GMT

Two weeks is really fast. I sent my application with the old passport last month and am still waiting to receive the new one.

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itsmagic — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:43:35 GMT

We just received our new passports (renewals) on this last Thursday. Then the next day we received our old passports. It took ours 3 weeks to process. I thought the new ones were prettier than the old ones!

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jbinrwc — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:54:37 GMT

Your message reminded me that I need to renew my passport which expired in March. Having a passport makes travelling so much earlier these days.

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lulu2 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:00:09 GMT

@The Monkey on My Back wrote:
Two weeks is really fast. I sent my application with the old passport last month and am still waiting to receive the new one.

@Say Nay

Yes, it is very fast particularly in the summer. It usually take 4-6 weeks at this time of year.

I left my passport in the seat pocket of a connector flight to Vienna. I knew within minutes I'd left it. Ground services contacted the plane before it took off again but they said it wasn't there. I know it was because I needed it to get on the plane. We were the last 2 to board so the flight attendent made us sit down immediately for take off. I put everything in the seat pocket. The flight was less than an hour but I fell asleep and forgot to get my stuff out of the seat pocket.

The next day I had to go to the US Embassy in Vienna and get a new passport.(and have the lost one voided) I was told US passports go for big bucks on the black market. Within a few hours and for $120 I had a new passport good for 6 months. When I applied for a new one, I was surprised to learn I didn't not have pay again. It took about 5 weeks to get my new passport.

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Desertdi — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:38:38 GMT

Mine took only 2 weeks to renew..........but I applied in person at the County Courthouse..............

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jpie — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:54:12 GMT

@patbz wrote:
DH and I received our passport renewals today; 2 weeks after we sent them in. Still awaiting our old passports and passport cards. I am thinking we should receive them later this week.

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I'm so glad you started this thread. I am going to need one this coming November and read online that it may take up to twelve weeks to get a renewal. Two weeks was really quick!

After reading this post, I am hoping for no more than eight weeks. I'm going into the post office this Monday with my checkbook ($110.00?), my old passport, and will style my hair the best I can for the photo, afterall, the passport is good for ten years.

Last time I went to Walgreens to get the official passport photo, took it to the post office and they rejected it due to poor quality! So, I had the PO take the photo on the spot and it was so much better than the Walgreen's attempt.

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Suziepeach — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:44:45 GMT

Mine took two and a half weeks to be processed and received my paperwork back about 4 days after. I applied through our local post office passport office.

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Tribesters — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:35:20 GMT

@jpie wrote:
@patbz wrote:
DH and I received our passport renewals today; 2 weeks after we sent them in. Still awaiting our old passports and passport cards. I am thinking we should receive them later this week.
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I'm so glad you started this thread. I am going to need one this coming November and read online that it may take up to twelve weeks to get a renewal. Two weeks was really quick!

After reading this post, I am hoping for no more than eight weeks. I'm going into the post office this Monday with my checkbook ($110.00?), my old passport, and will style my hair the best I can for the photo, afterall, the passport is good for ten years.

Last time I went to Walgreens to get the official passport photo, took it to the post office and they rejected it due to poor quality! So, I had the PO take the photo on the spot and it was so much better than the Walgreen's attempt.

@jpie

Yes- $110 is current price for a passport book. (Expedited fee is $60 more). The renewal shouldn't take more than 6 weeks & more than likely less than 3-4 weeks. It depends on how busy they are & how well you complete the renewal form. Just make sure you mail it Priority Mail (flat-rate envelope recommended) & check the tracking number a few days later to make sure it was delivered. Of course fill the form out in black ink or complete online & print it out. Make sure you can answer "yes" to the questions on the form- otherwise you can't use the renewal form. Don't forget to sign & date it. Include your old passport, check payment & current passport photos.

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jpie — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:17:19 GMT

@Tribesters wrote:
@jpie wrote:
@patbz wrote:
DH and I received our passport renewals today; 2 weeks after we sent them in. Still awaiting our old passports and passport cards. I am thinking we should receive them later this week.
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I'm so glad you started this thread. I am going to need one this coming November and read online that it may take up to twelve weeks to get a renewal. Two weeks was really quick!

After reading this post, I am hoping for no more than eight weeks. I'm going into the post office this Monday with my checkbook ($110.00?), my old passport, and will style my hair the best I can for the photo, afterall, the passport is good for ten years.

Last time I went to Walgreens to get the official passport photo, took it to the post office and they rejected it due to poor quality! So, I had the PO take the photo on the spot and it was so much better than the Walgreen's attempt.
@jpie

Yes- $110 is current price for a passport book. (Expedited fee is $60 more). The renewal shouldn't take more than 6 weeks & more than likely less than 3-4 weeks. It depends on how busy they are & how well you complete the renewal form. Just make sure you mail it Priority Mail (flat-rate envelope recommended) & check the tracking number a few days later to make sure it was delivered. Of course fill the form out in black ink or complete online & print it out. Make sure you can answer "yes" to the questions on the form- otherwise you can't use the renewal form. Don't forget to sign & date it. Include your old passport, check payment & current passport photos.

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@Tribesters

for taking the time to detail out everything I need to do. Great advice is so helpful! I will go to the post office for the photo, along with my checkbook, and current passport, and take it from there.

I sure am glad it is good for ten years!

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jpie — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:22:18 GMT

Okay, I just looked at my passport and the expiration date says........... 08 October 2017!

So, I guess I was thinking 2016? I need it for November of 2016, not 2017!

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lolakimono — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:00:19 GMT

If you are a member of AAA, they take passport photos and (in my area) they were several dollars cheaper than Walgreen's.

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:43:52 GMT

$110 for a U.S. Passport these days? Wow.

I need to renew mine .... actually I started the process by getting photos but they were so bad that I thought I'd just wait until I had my hair done and then go get better photos .... and it fell by the wayside.

I am going to get going on this ... thanks OP for this reminder!