Applied for a US passport

[DaWhim]

How long will that take? I was too cheap to pay another $60 for expedited service

update: got it 9/15

 

[mzkhadir]

If you apply And Choose You will receive your passport within about

At a Passport Acceptance Facility*

or

By Mail (for renewal, additional pages, and amendment) :Routine Service 6 Weeks**

**Processing times can vary depending on workload and occasional unforeseen circumstances such as natual disasters. During busier times, such as the summer travel season, we encourage customers to expedited their applications if traveling in less than 8 weeks.


Expedited Service

Plus Overnight delivery service for:

Sending your application and Returning your passport to you :2 Weeks

 

[Heisenberg]

They say 4-6 weeks for non-expidited, but most arrive in a month, yeah.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
How long will that take? I was too cheap to pay another $60 for expedited service

Had a co-worker who just applied for his family and they all got their passports in 3 weeks.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Applied for my baby's US passport from a Taiwanese consulate. They called us to come pick it up in less than a week.

 

[uallas5]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
1 month.

"Ordinarily, within 6 weeks." From the US Dept of State website.

If the potential 6 weeks is too long, you can call the passport center and have it changed to expedited service and they'll take a cc number over the phone. I had to do exactly that when I thought it would only take 2-3 weeks but I was leaving for vaca in 4 and I didn't want to take the chance.

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer
Applied for my baby's US passport from a Taiwanese consulate. They called us to come pick it up in less than a week.

Because of the wait here in the US, it takes longer

 

[Kaieye]

There are no Taiwanese consulate here in the states...

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
There are no Taiwanese consulate here in the states...

OMGWTF???! REALLY???


To spell it out for those who ride the short bus: smaller US consulates in foreign countries often provide better/faster service. My wife got her green card about two months after applying for it, my daughter got her Certificate of Birth Abroad in about fifteen minutes, and (as previously stated) they got her US passport prepared in less than a week.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: Kaieye
There are no Taiwanese consulate here in the states...

OMGWTF???! REALLY???


To spell it out for those who ride the short bus: smaller US consulates in foreign countries often provide better/faster service. My wife got her green card about two months after applying for it, my daughter got her Certificate of Birth Abroad in about fifteen minutes, and (as previously stated) they got her US passport prepared in less than a week.

 

[KC5AV]

When my wife and I got ours, it took about 2 and a half weeks, I think. That was a couple of years ago, though. I think it depends on how many apps are pending.

 

[iamwiz82]

We applied for ours on Saturday and were informed that it would take approximately 8 weeks because of the huge rush before Dec. 31.

 

[DaWhim]

this is the 6th week and I am still waiting...

 

[bennylong]

They told me it would take 4 to 8 weeks when I applied for mine in July. I ended up getting mine in less than 3 weeks

 

[spidey07]

Good for you.

Welcome to civilization.

Seriously, probably a month.

-edit-
crap, I need to look at post dates. You must be a foreigner?

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Good for you.

Welcome to civilization.

Seriously, probably a month.

-edit-
crap, I need to look at post dates. You must be a foreigner?

no, I am a US citizen.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
no, I am a US citizen.

Natural?

 

[biggestmuff]

That's nothing. I received mine today and only thought about applying for one next week!

 

[wetcat007]

6-8 Weeks I got mine in just over 6, you can actually track the progress online with the link below.

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/status/status_2567.html

 

[Baked]

My US passport expired back in 1996.

 

[RossMAN]

I paid for expedited service and got it back within 1.5 weeks, it was well worth it.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: Kaieye
There are no Taiwanese consulate here in the states...

OMGWTF???! REALLY???


To spell it out for those who ride the short bus:....

LOL

 

[woodie1]

I think I got my new one within 3 weeks.

 

[BornStar]

My mother-in-law applied for her's with expedited service and recieved it less than a week later. I applied for mine normally and got it in less than a month.

 

[amdhunter]

Took mine about 2½ weeks, normal delivery.