anyone recently apply for a passport? how long did it really take

[Demonaut]

I don't want to pay the extra $60 if it took less that six weeks

[sharp_stick]

1. Less than 3 weeks

closer to two for my son back in June. Unless you absolutely need it don't pay for expedited.

[still_one]

2. I renewed mine and it took about two weeks, but I think it varies

[zipplewrath]

3. Renewal

My was a renewal. It took about 2 weeks. Dunno if it is a "first time".

[obnoxiousdrunk]

4. 2 to 3 weeks.

[HereSince1628]

22. SO just got one in 2 weeks, also

She had passports before but her old passport expired 5 years ago. She did turn it in with her application.

[MANative]

5. My nephew applied for a first-time passport last month and told me it took under two weeks.

He said they told him that this was a really good time to do it, and that they expect a big slow-down after September because there are a huge number of renewals pending.

[yeoman6987]

6. I think it's 10 years in 2017 that the big influx started because of Canada and mexico

Requiring passports. If you apply now, don't waste the 60 bucks. You'll be good.

[mercuryblues]

7. I varies

according to how many apps they get. My renewal took 5 weeks and those are quicker to process. My son's new passport, that I got at a different time of year, took about 6 weeks. The hardest part is getting the apt at the post office to submit the application for a new passport. That took 11 days for some reason.

[Demonaut]

8. thanks everyone! I'll save the $60

[CTyankee]

12. do you have your birth certificate? better get that first if you don't.

[Demonaut]

13. it's a renewal, just sending in my old passport

[CTyankee]

14. oh, good. Mine was stolen when I foolishly carried it with me on a street in Turin. That's when I

learned to put the passport in the room safe where I stay. I have 3 copies of the page with my photo: one is taped inside my suitcase, one I carry with me, the 3rd is left with someone at home...

[melm00se]

15. another idea

scan it and email the image to yourself on an account that you can access from a public PC or via your mobile phone.

that way, if you lose it, you can access it without having to worry about a piece of paper.

[Demonaut]

16. why the copies? in case you lose it?

would that get you on an airplane?

[underahedgerow]

18. It will get you into the embassy to get a new one if you lose it while traveling. And you'd need it

for any police reports, etc.

Make a copy to keep in your luggage, and then scan and send one to yourself in an email, preferably on a service like google that's accessible from anywhere in the world.

Do this with all your travel documents as well as driver's license and your credit cards. You can simply take clear photos of them all as well, and email them to yourself.

[CTyankee]

21. no, but to get OUT of the country you are in you have to have an emergency passport

if it is stolen. And that you can only get at a U.S. embassy or consulate. I had to get on a train from Turin to the closest embassy which was Milan (because I was in northern Italy, too far from Rome). I remember walking from the train station to the consulate, still suffering from a virus everyone on the trip had gotten, stopping at cafe bars on the way to use their bathrooms.

It was not a happy experience...never again!

[salin]

19. save the money. I renewed in April - under two weeks.

[HipChick]

9. It's not November yet..

[Demonaut]

10. lol...I chuckled

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. It takes longer to get a Canadian passport.

Especially if you're not yet a Canadian citizen.

[independentpiney]

11. My daughter jut got hers in less than 3 weeks nt

[Aristus]

17. Renewal: right around two weeks.

The wheels of bureaucracy don't always grind slowly...

[Demonaut]

23. sent it in the 2nd of Aug, got it today..lol, that was fast