The State Department says improved staffing and a catch-up in a pandemic backlog has reduced the wait time for passport renewal to two to three weeks. NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell reports on how same-day appointments and online renewal will try to speed up the process.
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Hopefully, this trend will continue, ensuring that passport renewal becomes a smoother and more efficient process for everyone.
Don't forget the new rules for "visa" requirements coming up in 2024.
AND You CAN have TWO passports, I am not talking about the ID card passport it doesn't count for international travel outside of the US. I think the ID card passport only works for Mexico/ Canada, Caribbean Islands, and US domestic flying – always check for changes.
I am sure most reporters know this, they just don't mention that they have it (on TV) – you can have two active passports – one I think is only valid for four years or less (your primary one lasts ten years or so) – in other words – there is no reason not to have a valid (active) passport. It still costs a lot, but if travel – or the need to travel is your 'game/profession' then you probably should get the second passport to 'tie you over' till your ten year passport comes back. So you get your four year passport about a two years before your 'ten year' passport expires thus having a time period when you have two passports. Reasons for getting two passports are you don't want another country to 'know' you have been in another adversarial country by seeing a stamp in the back. Though, I wonder how many 'countries' rely on an international database (exchange) of passports and track your movements – hopefully this is the case. I have only had any of my passports stamped once when I was in the EU – and I think I had to ask for them to do it just for 'looks'. I rarely travel, but I always keep a valid passport just in case. They track with the micro-chip-dot in the passport – check the web to verify about the improved passports that can't be forged.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/second-passport-book.html
It's 2023, their should an online option to renew.
State Department has terrible software and that shuts the system down at least once a year. Unless they get new software, this will happen again.
I'm renewing mine. Sent priority mail on a Monday and they had cashed my check by Thursday that same week.
A few months ago I renewed mine and paid the extra 60 bucks to "expedite". I was hearing horror stories of six months or something. I got it in a little over a month.
She had to travel to Buffalo? Big deal. I had to travel from Thailand, where I live, back to the US explicitly to renew my passport because I was down to my last page and couldn't renew my Thai Visa. Normally, I could renew at the US Embassy in Bangkok. (which was my plan) But with the backlog they couldn't make any guarantees I would get it in time. So, off I went. It was expensive and time consuming. Airfare alone was $3,000. Plus, 2 1/2 days travel time (each way) because we own a farm out in the sticks and our local airport only operates part-time. It was ridiculous.
Get real the country is being invaded