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Hello. Quick Update. MIL received her Birth Certificate this morning!!! She’ll be able to get on the boat on Pier 66. Since that gave us what she needed, she didn’t expedite her passport renewal ($60 is a lot of money on a fixed income). My husband’s passport status has been updated to “In Process”, so hopefully we get it in 2 weeks. No status update for my son’s passport. But we’ll all be able to get on that boat in 29 days! Huzzah!! Success! Thanks for everyone’s help and advice on this board. It’s a great community. I’ll update again if we receive the passports.

My husband was a mail in renewal. Expedited. Overnight shipping so it’s in their mailbox yesterday. My son was done at a passport acceptance facility since he’s a minor and it’s expedited. We did my daughter’s last year for her first passport at the same passport acceptance facility and expedited it. Received it 21 days from when we went in for her appointment. I’ll update this thread on if/when we receive these passports.

@Charles4515 you were right to be suspicious. My SIL is usually in top of things like that but it’s easily misunderstood I guess. They better get it together lol.

@NikiPinkston yes I am aware. She’s from Michigan and they have enhanced DL, but….. apparently she doesn’t have an Enhanced DL. She swore up and down that she did, even my SIL said she did. Come to find out it’s just a REAL ID (maybe she had a senior moment). I asked her to send me a pic of her ID and that’s how I found out. Also….My son and husbands passports also expired but we did the renewal already on Monday so hope to get those soon. If not we have a copy of their Birth certificates on hand. So we’ll use that. In the past for my kids, passports were received in 3 weeks. Last year a friend’s renewal took 6 months… expedited! So that’s why we aren’t hopeful, but we’ll see. Like I said we just booked last minute since the price and date were right. My MIL has never cruised before and was super stoked to be invited. She didn’t realize her passport was expired until I told her to check haha. So we are doing the following things to resolve this chaotic fiasco. 1) MI has an online service for certified Birth Certificate requests. She’s requested her BC. We did that for my husband and he got it in the mail in 3 days from the time he ordered. So this may be our best bet. 2) she lives in SF with my SIL and they have a passport agency in the city so she’ll make an appointment there within 14 days of sailing and do an in person renewal, and she’ll pick it up the day after. I did the passport agency in LA for my renewal last time for another last minute cruise and it was a breeze. She just needs to go into the city and sit and wait to be called. We are fortunate enough to have these two easy avenues to resolve this Charlie Fox. thanks for every one’s shared insights and experiences.

I’ve told her to do a renewal. So let’s see what she does. Also she just submitted a request for her birth certificate.

Thank you

I’ll see if she can find it

Yes. It was a last minute decision and the price was right. This is the cruise we are going on : 7-DAY CRUISE ON NORWEGIAN BLISS Alaska: Dawes Glacier, Juneau & Ketchikan from Seattle, Washington There’s no Skagway stop, so not an issue. She has her expired passport to show proof.

We are leaving in 31 days. And passport renewals have been luck of the draw even if expedited. Yes it’s 100% an Enhanced Drivers License.

Hello! My MIL is a first time cruiser and her passport is expired. In NCL info they say that you can use an Enhanced Driver’s License from Michigan as proof of citizenship my question is can an EDL be used as Proof of Citizenship and Proof of ID? NCL states proof of citizenship and proof of identification. CBP.gov for WHTI states : What is an enhanced driver’s license? State-issued enhanced drivers licenses (EDLs)provide proof of identity and U.S. citizenship, are issued in a secure process, and include technology that makes travel easier. The verbage on NCL is just confusing. Someone please provide help with their experience or knowledge of NCL.