AmberMurmer

I just traveled with someone who also has a similar name change experience, they brought their birth certificate and the certified (notarized) court document of name change and it all went just fine.

Yep because for 12 weeks it sat in just received status after paying expedited and no matter how many times I called I was basically told there was nothing that could be done and I just had to sit and wait, even though it appeared to have been lost because it wasn't moving past received status (which the passport office basically said after originally telling my congress person that it had already been mailed)...but in researching what I should do I found that if you have done what you are suppose to and have travel within 2 weeks a congress person (one of their aides really) can contact and push things (a very little but more than a normal human who can't actually talk to anyone more than a call center). If I hadn't I think my application would have stayed lost for a lot longer. So I only contacted them last week when I couldn't get an in person appt and had to show proof of travel within 2 weeks for them to even contact the office.

UPDATE: So after submitting online on 11/27/22 for expedited renewal, and getting my congress person involved, today 2/23/23 I finally got told that they are in process with my passport...so apparently they finally found my application. Not in time for my cruise on Sunday but thankfully I have a BC that I can use but maybe I will actually get my passport eventually. But word of advice DON'T use the online system to renew it is a mess and there is no one that can help!

Nope haven't gotten anything and when I called to get an appt (because I leave on a cruise in 10 days) there were none left. I have gotten my state representative involved but its only been a couple days. So my recommendation right now is don't renew online if you plan to travel in less than 4 months, even if you pay for expedited.

My online just says received and nothing else...so there is no message, email or letter. I am getting frustrated because I paid the extra money to expedite it to make sure I had it in plenty of time for our cruise (3 months should have been enough with expedited service) and I can't get any information other than I can call 2 weeks before my cruise and they can try to make an appt at a passport center...but no guarantee I will get it in time that way either.

Renewed online 11/27 and paid for expedited service...still don't have my passport and I leave in less than a month for my cruise...so that is my current experience with online passport renewal.

I submitted online nov. 27th and paid for expedited...and nothing has been done...so it seems super hit or miss.