erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I was cutting it real close with our passport renewals and our next cruise. Granted, it's to the Bahamas and we could use our birth certificates and driver's licenses, but I don't want to carry around our bc's. When we sent in our passports, it said turnaround time was about 16 weeks, and we wouldn't get them back until right before our January 3rd cruise. Especially with mail slow downs and the holidays, I was resigning myself to carrying our old bc's around. I logged into check our status today, and the turnaround time has dropped to 8-11 weeks, and even better, the status for both of us has been updated to approved! They say we should expect our passports before Thanksgiving now. Nice! Just thought I'd share in case others were wondering how long it was taking these days. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimotorin Posted November 15, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 15, 2021 In a similar spot except I leave on Thanksgiving. Got mine back but wife's still says 'in process'. Crossing fingers but have BC ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcb Posted November 15, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 15, 2021 We had to renew our children's passports and were certain we wouldn't get them in time. We expedited and ended up getting them in about 2 weeks. 🙂 amcb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted November 15, 2021 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Things are getting back to normal with most people back in Federal offices now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 minute ago, minimotorin said: In a similar spot except I leave on Thanksgiving. Got mine back but wife's still says 'in process'. Crossing fingers but have BC ready to go. I hope she gets her soon too! Did you send them at the same time? We did, and ours have the exact same expected delivery date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimotorin Posted November 15, 2021 #6 Share Posted November 15, 2021 she was slower to get her picture made so submitted separately. I did expedited on hers so still hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahughes517 Posted November 15, 2021 #7 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I'll add our experience renewing our son's passport. We submitted his passport paperwork at a post office on Oct. 5, and we received his new passport on Nov. 4, with his expired passport and paperwork on Nov. 13. I'm glad we didn't pay for expedited service! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor05 Posted November 15, 2021 #8 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I expedited last month and got it in 2 weeks, very impressed! But had to reschedule cruise from this month to Feb so ended up having more time than I thought😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted November 15, 2021 3 hours ago, minimotorin said: she was slower to get her picture made so submitted separately. I did expedited on hers so still hoping. Fingers crossed for hers to come soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted November 15, 2021 2 hours ago, ahughes517 said: I'll add our experience renewing our son's passport. We submitted his passport paperwork at a post office on Oct. 5, and we received his new passport on Nov. 4, with his expired passport and paperwork on Nov. 13. I'm glad we didn't pay for expedited service! 😉 Wow! Ours were submitted at the post office on Aug 25, and we just got them in the mail today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #11 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Well, I was in for a good surprise when I picked up the mail today. The passport site told me they were being printed and we should receive them around 11/21... but we got them today, Nov 15. Yay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted November 15, 2021 #12 Share Posted November 15, 2021 We got ours(expedited) in just over four weeks. Thought that was pretty good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted November 15, 2021 #13 Share Posted November 15, 2021 4 hours ago, erinsmom03 said: I was cutting it real close with our passport renewals and our next cruise. Granted, it's to the Bahamas and we could use our birth certificates and driver's licenses, but I don't want to carry around our bc's. When we sent in our passports, it said turnaround time was about 16 weeks, and we wouldn't get them back until right before our January 3rd cruise. Especially with mail slow downs and the holidays, I was resigning myself to carrying our old bc's around. I logged into check our status today, and the turnaround time has dropped to 8-11 weeks, and even better, the status for both of us has been updated to approved! They say we should expect our passports before Thanksgiving now. Nice! Just thought I'd share in case others were wondering how long it was taking these days. My husband and i sent ours for renewal at the same time. He got his 3 weeks later (not expedited) and mine took 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted November 15, 2021 #14 Share Posted November 15, 2021 My husband and i sent ours fir renewal at the same time. His came back in 3 weeks (neither were expedited). Mine took 3 months. Mine also is a little different. The page with my info and photo is hard plastic and has my photo printed twice, one color and one black and white. My husband just is paper and has one color photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #15 Share Posted November 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, jerseygirl3 said: My husband and i sent ours fir renewal at the same time. His came back in 3 weeks (neither were expedited). Mine took 3 months. Mine also is a little different. The page with my info and photo is hard plastic and has my photo printed twice, one color and one black and white. My husband just is paper and has one color photo. That is so strange! We just got ours today, and they each only have one picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berbician Posted November 15, 2021 #16 Share Posted November 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, jerseygirl3 said: My husband and i sent ours fir renewal at the same time. His came back in 3 weeks (neither were expedited). Mine took 3 months. Mine also is a little different. The page with my info and photo is hard plastic and has my photo printed twice, one color and one black and white. My husband just is paper and has one color photo. 2 minutes ago, erinsmom03 said: That is so strange! We just got ours today, and they each only have one picture. From what I’ve been reading those are the new generation passport books. My husband recently renewed his and got one of those. They are random and not everyone will get one of those when they renew. Apparently, sometime in the very near future all passports will be issued that way supposed to be more secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 15, 2021 Author #17 Share Posted November 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, berbician said: Well that's kind of annoying that I just got a new passport that is good for ten years but will be obsolete soon 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimotorin Posted November 16, 2021 #18 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Got notice this morning that it went into the mail yesterday, so we'll have it prior to cruise. Yay us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinsmom03 Posted November 17, 2021 Author #19 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 9:58 AM, minimotorin said: Got notice this morning that it went into the mail yesterday, so we'll have it prior to cruise. Yay us! That's awesome! We also signed up for email notifications, and neither of us received any lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygirl3 Posted November 17, 2021 #20 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, erinsmom03 said: That's awesome! We also signed up for email notifications, and neither of us received any lol. You can go to the website for passport renewal and it will give you the status of your application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted November 18, 2021 #21 Share Posted November 18, 2021 On 11/15/2021 at 6:55 PM, erinsmom03 said: Well that's kind of annoying that I just got a new passport that is good for ten years but will be obsolete soon 😂 It will still be good for 10 years. They'll just phase them out as they expire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonltnite Posted November 18, 2021 #22 Share Posted November 18, 2021 On 11/15/2021 at 12:55 PM, erinsmom03 said: I was cutting it real close with our passport renewals and our next cruise. Granted, it's to the Bahamas and we could use our birth certificates and driver's licenses, but I don't want to carry around our bc's. When we sent in our passports, it said turnaround time was about 16 weeks, and we wouldn't get them back until right before our January 3rd cruise. Especially with mail slow downs and the holidays, I was resigning myself to carrying our old bc's around. I logged into check our status today, and the turnaround time has dropped to 8-11 weeks, and even better, the status for both of us has been updated to approved! They say we should expect our passports before Thanksgiving now. Nice! Just thought I'd share in case others were wondering how long it was taking these days. How long ago did you mail your applications? I'm just curious how long it's been between then and when you saw them approved. We mailed ours on 11/3 - so I'm expecting them some time between 12/29 and 1/19. Our cruise is March 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph2017China Posted November 18, 2021 #23 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Why do people pay an extra $60 to "expediate" it, when in reality, if you don't pay, you can still get it fast. It's just a money grab for the government, but it really doesn't seem to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimotorin Posted November 18, 2021 #24 Share Posted November 18, 2021 My 'non-expediated' renewal took 16 weeks to get, my wife's 'expediated' app took 5 weeks. Money seemed to work for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted November 18, 2021 #25 Share Posted November 18, 2021 On 11/15/2021 at 6:55 PM, erinsmom03 said: Well that's kind of annoying that I just got a new passport that is good for ten years but will be obsolete soon 😂 What do you mean by obsolete? Will they be accepting different kind of ID for traveling that I did not hear about? I think mine expires in 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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