Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
Right. I applied about 18 months ago for a passport, and paid for the expedited service. They got it to me in a week under three months, despite assuring me that the expedited service would get it to me in less than two weeks. I missed a free 2-month-long trip to Europe because of it. Yes, I'm still bitter about that one. Talia - Original Message - From: Gail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:57 pm Subject: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The passport agency has not even processed applications from January and February. My son is supposed to leave this Sunday for Ireland and applied for a renewed passport on April 24th with using expedited service. It has not arrived and I had to call the state department task force for passports to see what was going on. It's still there and they have tagged it to be done but they cannot guarantee it will be done and here by the 9th. So, if you need a passport you need to apply at least 6 months in advance if not more than that. Sincerely, Lady Margaret ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
We applied for our passports at the post office this year (2 for adults that had expired passports and a new one for a minor) in early February and received them in May. Wendy -Original Message- From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 5, 2007 4:45 PM To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI Well, they're not all taking that long. My husband lost his, and when we still had not found it three weeks before our November '06 trip to London, we expedited a new one and got it within ten days. (Guess what we found as soon as we got back?) Although, his was a replacement and not a new one. If you're in a real hurry I recommend: http://www.passportsandvisas.com/ We used them in 99 for our honeymoon passports when the passport agent at the post office told us it was taking longer than 12 weeks for normal applications. As that was cutting it too close to the wedding, we paid the exorbitant rates to have them hand-carried through. Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
I have heard that if you go to the Passport office itself, you can walk it through. That was years ago, don't know if it works today. My son applied for his first passport on May 3 of this year. It arrived in the mail 8 days later. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI Right. I applied about 18 months ago for a passport, and paid for the expedited service. They got it to me in a week under three months, despite assuring me that the expedited service would get it to me in less than two weeks. I missed a free 2-month-long trip to Europe because of it. Yes, I'm still bitter about that one. Talia - Original Message - From: Gail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:57 pm Subject: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The passport agency has not even processed applications from January and February. My son is supposed to leave this Sunday for Ireland and applied for a renewed passport on April 24th with using expedited service. It has not arrived and I had to call the state department task force for passports to see what was going on. It's still there and they have tagged it to be done but they cannot guarantee it will be done and here by the 9th. So, if you need a passport you need to apply at least 6 months in advance if not more than that. Sincerely, Lady Margaret ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
My husband went through an agency in Plano Texas that got it back to him in a week. Yes, he paid extra for it but it was back in a _w e e k_. My point is that there are services out there that are expediters, they are independent of the US Postal Service. They can get it done faster, I do not know how or why but they do. Chiara - Original Message - From: Wendy Colbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI We applied for our passports at the post office this year (2 for adults that had expired passports and a new one for a minor) in early February and received them in May. Wendy -Original Message- From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 5, 2007 4:45 PM To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI Well, they're not all taking that long. My husband lost his, and when we still had not found it three weeks before our November '06 trip to London, we expedited a new one and got it within ten days. (Guess what we found as soon as we got back?) Although, his was a replacement and not a new one. If you're in a real hurry I recommend: http://www.passportsandvisas.com/ We used them in 99 for our honeymoon passports when the passport agent at the post office told us it was taking longer than 12 weeks for normal applications. As that was cutting it too close to the wedding, we paid the exorbitant rates to have them hand-carried through. Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
You can still do this in the Houston Texas office. There's a phone line you can call to get an appointment, but there's no guarantee you'll get an appointment. I've had one co-worker who went to Houston and got his done in one day. Another spent the money on a service and couldn't get the passport for his newborn daughter. With less than two days to the flight home to Morocco they took the baby to stand in the lines at the passport office. He said it took a couple of hours, but they got the passport. another friend whose daughter travels regularly every summer said that she was warned that if the passport is within six months of expiration, you can't leave the country on it. alex On 6/5/07, Sharon Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard that if you go to the Passport office itself, you can walk it through. That was years ago, don't know if it works today. My son applied for his first passport on May 3 of this year. It arrived in the mail 8 days later. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI Right. I applied about 18 months ago for a passport, and paid for the expedited service. They got it to me in a week under three months, despite assuring me that the expedited service would get it to me in less than two weeks. I missed a free 2-month-long trip to Europe because of it. Yes, I'm still bitter about that one. Talia - Original Message - From: Gail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 2:57 pm Subject: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The passport agency has not even processed applications from January and February. My son is supposed to leave this Sunday for Ireland and applied for a renewed passport on April 24th with using expedited service. It has not arrived and I had to call the state department task force for passports to see what was going on. It's still there and they have tagged it to be done but they cannot guarantee it will be done and here by the 9th. So, if you need a passport you need to apply at least 6 months in advance if not more than that. Sincerely, Lady Margaret ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- I can handle anything that life throws at me. I may not be able to handle it well, or correctly, or gracefully, or with finesse, or expediently -- but I will handle it. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
On Jun 5, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: I have heard that if you go to the Passport office itself, you can walk it through. That was years ago, don't know if it works today. My son applied for his first passport on May 3 of this year. It arrived in the mail 8 days later. (WIth the understanding that this is all relevant only to U.S. list members ) This is true -- however when I was trying to get a passport in a hurry back in March, the earliest one could get the required advance appointment was a month in the future. (I ended up going the expedited-by-mail route and received my passport within IIRC three weeks. Alas, in the mean time, my company decided not to send me off on a business trip to Puerto Rico and England after all.) There's a general take-home message: if you think there's the slightest chance that you might have occasion to travel outside the country -- ever -- go ahead and apply for a passport now when a long delay won't ruin any plans. Heather ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] About Passports Just FYI
Alexandria Doyle wrote: another friend whose daughter travels regularly every summer said that she was warned that if the passport is within six months of expiration, you can't leave the country on it. It's a little different than that, there are some countries that require your passport to be valid for 6 months past the date of your trip. You won't be denied travel out of the US, or back in, but you may not be allowed into other countries. I don't know off hand which ones they are. It's always a good idea to know what's expected at the other end of your trip. Nobody wants to get stuck in a foreign country without a valid passport. Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
