I’m cheap so on March 5 when I mailed my old passport to Philadelphia to be renewed, I didn’t pop for the $60 expediting fee. Just paid the $75 renewal fee–taking a chance that I wouldn’t get the thing back in time to leave the country in April or May. I’d heard horror stories about a 3-month backlog.
Well it came back yesterday, March 18. Under two weeks. FYI.
Yeah, I had a similar experience.
My theory is that all of the various agency heads that are political appointees have been spending most of their work hours helping out with the backlog at the Passport office. It makes sense, since making decisions based on political expediency rather than sound science and logic takes much less effort and time.
Hmmm, category woolgathering! Somehow all these really interesting miniatures-of-life escaped me so far.
Hmmm, category woolgathering! Somehow all these really interesting miniatures-of-life escaped me so far.
Hmmm, category woolgathering! Somehow all these really interesting miniatures-of-life escaped me so far.
Phil,
I renewed my American passport without paying any expediting fee, and I also had it in less than two weeks…
and I live in Taiwan.
PM
doesn't take long. hired lots of illegals to process passports.