Passport Turnaround time

[mnocket]

21 hours ago, new_cruiser said:

I have been getting the extra pages book because of business travel to countries that required a visa - single entry visa to China took a whole page so by the time they stamped entry and exit plus the US stamp on return, one trip took 2 pages. 

 

Now that most countries do electronic visas and with less stamping, I don't expect to need the bigger book ever again and I'm glad to have something thinner.

Good point about thinner passports being easier to deal with.  My thought on the larger passport has to do with some countries requiring 2-4 blank pages.  It seems somewhat common these days for agents to put each stamp on a new page instead of multiple stamps on the same page, therefore using up blank pages fairly quickly.   However you may be right, with electronic visas this may not be much of an issue in the future.

[ldubs]

On 6/15/2024 at 7:23 PM, dockman said:

....so u got yours non expedited in ONE week? seems i wasted $60 on expeditied version which took two weeks...interesting

 

We felt the same way.  We got our expedited back in two weeks.  A friend got their unexpected back in 3 weeks.  

[dockman]

54 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

We felt the same way.  We got our expedited back in two weeks.  A friend got their unexpected back in 3 weeks.  

Well i guess the "good news" is 10 more years on this passport and I hope to be around to renew it again ....i just did not want to be a semi nervous wreck with a cruise all booked and paid along with flights etc and then be sitting and hoping passport would arrive in time....so overall i guess the $60 was worth it to avoid all that...also renewed my global entry pass online...they said 3 to 4 months...i got it in 3 weeks...no extra fees, in fact credit card paid the $100 renewal completely with zero hassles.

[ldubs]

3 minutes ago, dockman said:

Well i guess the "good news" is 10 more years on this passport and I hope to be around to renew it again ....i just did not want to be a semi nervous wreck with a cruise all booked and paid along with flights etc and then be sitting and hoping passport would arrive in time....so overall i guess the $60 was worth it to avoid all that...also renewed my global entry pass online...they said 3 to 4 months...i got it in 3 weeks...no extra fees, in fact credit card paid the $100 renewal completely with zero hassles.

 

Small price if needed for peace of mind.  Good news on the GE renewal.  We have a few years on ours.