How long for a passport?

[tngirl1979]

How long did it take you to recieve your passport when you first applied?

[Cruisephanatic]

About 3 weeks.

[caribbean dreams]

I was told 6 to 8 weeks but it came in exactly 3 weeks.

[ckrobyn]

In Canada, we can have our passports within 10 working days:o

[johnjen]

I've heard that it takes some people up to six weeks, but since we've been a military family, we have always had passports and we get them renewed right away because we are overseas a lot visiting family (Scotland and Belgium).

[Mark42]

My daughter just received her passport last week. 8 weeks after we applied for it.

[angelpug]

My daughter's child passport expired, so we had to get her a full adult passport this time. It's just like getting one for the first time. It took exactly 6 weeks from the time it was processed at our courthouse.

 

Our passports come through Philadelphia......different time frames from different offices.

 

Take Care,

Jaime

[tngirl1979]

I applied 6 weeks ago this past Thursday and today my husband gets his (he had one previously) after only mailing it 4 weeks ago. Go figure. I guess I will wait it out.

[Happy ks]

Ours took 3 weeks, but we got them several years ago.

 

It is not unusual for two people within the same family to get them processed at different rates of time. Sometimes they go to different processing centers, sometimes the names have to be further investigated. If there is a person out there with the same name as you that has had any problems with the law (including past child support or traffic tickets) they may investigate the name further, to make sure you aren't the offender.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Applied for my first passport many, many years ago when very few people were getting them. Thus it took only a couple of weeks.

[pm01984]

As a Passport Agent, (U.S.P.S.) we have most recently been advised by the Department of State to tell our customers that the normal processing time is 6 to 8 weeks. Yes, I have had customers who have received them in 3 to 4 weeks, but I recently had a customer who was chomping at the bit because it had been almost 8 weeks since we submitted his application, and his departure was less than a week away. (he received it the next day) The Department of State has moved back the start dates once already, and may do so again, but the bottom line is that we are all going to need Passports in the very near future, so it would be wise to get yours now and not have to pay that additional $60.00 EXPEDITE fee to process it more quickly! I have added the latest information on Passport Requirements from the Department of State Website.

New Requirements for Travelers

 

 

 

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires that by January 1, 2008, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States. In order to facilitate the implementation of this requirement, the Administration is proposing to complete it in phases following a proposed timeline, which will be published in the Federal Register in the near future.

In the proposed implementation plan, which is subject to a period of initial public comment, the Initiative will be rolled out in phases, providing as much advance notice as possible to the affected public to enable them to meet the terms of the new guidelines. The proposed timeline will be as follows:

• December 31, 2006 - Requirement applied to all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
  
• December 31, 2007 - Requirement extended to all land border crossings as well as air and sea travel.

This is a change from prior travel requirements and will affect all United States citizens entering the United States from countries within the Western Hemisphere who do not currently possess valid passports. This new requirement will also affect certain foreign nationals who currently are not required to present a passport to travel to the United States. Most Canadian citizens, citizens of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and to a lesser degree, Mexican citizens will be affected by the implementation of this requirement

[curlydog]

We applied on the 23rd of Feburary and recieved them of the 5th of April, all three of us were first time applicants.

 

You can quickly check you passports status @

 

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/status/status_2567.html

[itzkaren]

I applied and paid for "expedited delivery" and rec'd my passport in 2 weeks (10 working days)

 

The costs were:

$67 for Passport

$60 for "expedited service"

 

$30 to Post Office for processing

 

$28 for Express Mail envelopes (2).......one to send the passport application and one to mail it back to me

 

Total cost for a "quick" passport in 2 weeks = $185

(that's just about double the cost of a regular passport application.....but the cruise was a last minute decision...and I decided I wanted the 'security' of a passport......I look at it as an investment in my future! :D

[caprcorn28]

I got my passport pre-9/11 so it only took two weeks. My DH and the kids just got theirs this past year, and it took six weeks on the nose for the three kids and five weeks for DH.

[Fancy_Goods]

You can quickly check you passports status @

 

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/status/status_2567.html

 

MOST EXCELLENT LINK!!! Thank you!!!!

 

FYI I sent off my old passport and new photos just this week....my passport expires in September and even though I'm not sailing until November, I didn't want to put it off. Besides, I cannot finish filling out my Fun Pass on carnival.com without the new passport!!!

[bibb]

Our renewal took 5 weeks.