Passport book waiting time

liahnsilver · September 25, 2009

Adding my timeline

filed passport application sept 18 at houston post office using expedite service. Passport received Sept 24.

FormerBrit · September 25, 2009

Well, my passport itself still hasn't arrived. I just talked with customer service and apparently, it was mailed already on the 18th of September. I sure hope that they haven't lost the actual passport in the mail! All the tracking number says is it that they were notified for it to be picked up, no updates since - but then the tracking number for the passport card says the same thing and it has already arrived on the date they said it would - the 23rd.

Hope it comes soon! :thumbs:

*Groan*
This is the message on the USPS site when we enter the tracking number for my husband's passport:

Your item was forwarded to a different address on September 24, 2009 in BAYSIDE, NY 11361. This was because of forwarding instructions or because the address or ZIP Code on the label was incorrect.

We don't live in Bayside, NY. We haven't moved or asked our mail to be forwarded. So either the USPS messed up the tracking or the passport agency sent it to the wrong address. And I don't even want to think about the Naturalization Certificate, which hasn't arrived yet and which isn't even trackable.

Hubby called the Passport Call Center and they said they have the right address on file so hopefully it will arrive soon... Hopefully we'll have better luck than I did with my still-missing-in-action old passport.

*Gulp*

ugh....I really hope everything is found and delivered safely to you. :star:

jsnearline · September 25, 2009

I must say I find it rather ironic that the passport we paid $100 for arrives back by Priority Mail, while the naturalization certificate that we spent $675 to get is returned by regular First Class Mail.

l.j./1999 · September 25, 2009

Well, we needn't have worried - my husband's new passport arrived today! His Naturalization Certificate was also in today's mail.

Wow no more paperwork for a while! :dance:

Kathryn, I really hope you received your passport today. If not, maybe the Post Office can find it, since there's a tracking number?

Best of luck to all of you still waiting!

jsnearline · September 26, 2009

Can someone update the list with my wife's information?

Username: jsnearline

Location: Denver, CO

Application: Sept 4, 2009

Passport Back: Sept 24, 2009

Certificate Back: Sept 26, 2009

Service: Routine

Thanks

FormerBrit · September 26, 2009

Updated for jsnearline! :thumbs:

User Name..........Location...........Application..........Passport Rcvd.....Certificate Back.............Service

Goran..............Richmond, VA..........07/15/09...............09/05/09.............09/05/09.............Normal

raleighn400........Durham, NC............07/30/09...............09/03/09.............09/05/09.............Normal

Rebelheart'son.....Atlanta, GA...........07/31/09...............08/31/09.............09/02/09.............Normal

Tini 27............Brooklyn,NY...........08/04/09...............08/14/09.............08/14/09.............Expedited

Sami76.............Atlanta, GA...........08/07/09...............08/28/09.............08/31/09.............Normal

jeangab75..........Durham, NC............08/17/09 ..............09/18/09.............09/19/09.............Normal

so2008.............Tampa, FL.............08/17/09 ..............09/10/09.............09/11/09.............Normal

Annelizabeth.......New Albany, IN........08/24/09...............09/17/09.............09/17/09.............Normal

Kathryn41..........Stockbridge, GA.......08/28/09...............--/--/--.............09/23/09.............Normal

l.j./1999..........Brooklyn, NY..........08/29/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Normal

wifey246...........Pomona, CA............08/29/09...............09/23/09.............09/23/09.............Normal

cookiee............Miami, FL.............09/01/09...............09/14/09.............09/12/09.............Expedited

jsnearline.........Denver, CO............09/04/09...............09/24/09.............09/26/09.............Normal

raleighn400_wife...Durham, NC............09/14/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Normal

Jayde..............Fort Lauderdale,FL....09/16/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Normal

Clarax.............???...................09/17/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Normal

LiveByFaith........Novi, MI..............09/18/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Normal

KikiDoug...........Columbia, MD..........09/23/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Expedited

mrPuffyBunny.......Minneapolis, MN.......09/24/09...............--/--/--.............--/--/--.............Expedited

jsnearline · September 26, 2009

Thanks KikiDoug.

Kathryn41 · September 26, 2009

Well, my passport still hasn't arrived! I confirmed with the passport office that it was indeed mailed back to me by priority mail on September 18th. The passport card and the certificate of citizenship showed up as scheduled on the 23rd but the passport itself is still MIA. I have filed a complaint with USPS telling them they need to find this asap and I will be going in person to the local USPS office first thing Monday Morning to follow up on my complaint. We have had trouble with them before mis-delivering mail and it wasn't until after they admitted their error and realized they would have to reimburse us after an insurance claim was filed that they 'found' it and collected it back from where they had misdelivered it. It took getting the PostMistress involved though and I will do that again if I need to. You would think that with something this important and this sensitive they would take more care. Grrrrrr - I am thoroughly annoyed right now.

jsnearline · September 27, 2009

I have to say our mail carrier is superb. I told him yesterday that we had been expecting my wife's naturalization certificate back but it wasn't in yesterday's mail. Today, there was a knock on our front door about 11 AM. It was our mail carrier, hand delivering my wife's certificate. He told us he was worried it would have gotten bent had he just put it in our mailbox, so he figured he might as well deliver it in person. How cool is that?

FormerBrit · September 27, 2009

Well, my passport still hasn't arrived! I confirmed with the passport office that it was indeed mailed back to me by priority mail on September 18th. The passport card and the certificate of citizenship showed up as scheduled on the 23rd but the passport itself is still MIA. I have filed a complaint with USPS telling them they need to find this asap and I will be going in person to the local USPS office first thing Monday Morning to follow up on my complaint. We have had trouble with them before mis-delivering mail and it wasn't until after they admitted their error and realized they would have to reimburse us after an insurance claim was filed that they 'found' it and collected it back from where they had misdelivered it. It took getting the PostMistress involved though and I will do that again if I need to. You would think that with something this important and this sensitive they would take more care. Grrrrrr - I am thoroughly annoyed right now.

Ugh, I really hope this gets sorted for you. (F)

I have to say our mail carrier is superb. I told him yesterday that we had been expecting my wife's naturalization certificate back but it wasn't in yesterday's mail. Today, there was a knock on our front door about 11 AM. It was our mail carrier, hand delivering my wife's certificate. He told us he was worried it would have gotten bent had he just put it in our mailbox, so he figured he might as well deliver it in person. How cool is that?

Excellent! :thumbs:

Kathryn41 · September 27, 2009

Thaanks,

Yes that is nice about your mail carrier. I have to say our regular one is pretty good but there are sometimes others who do his route. My regular postal delivery carrier knows I am waiting for my passport as well.

babonsi · September 27, 2009

Well, I thought (foolishly hoped?) we were done with waiting and checking timelines after citizenship ... Wrong. My naturalization certificate is kind of missing in action after applying for a passport, ugh!

I applied for both the passport book & card on 8/15, using regular service. I received the passport card on 9/18 and the passport book arrived the next day, 9/19. As of today though, more than a week later after receiving the passport, my certificate is still not back. I wouldn't have given it much thought since they do say that whatever citizenship evidence you might have sent in along with the application, is supposed to arrive in a separate mailing at a different time. However, looking through everyone's timeframes, it doesn't seem like it should take this long for the certificate to make its appearance ... :huh:

To add insult to injury, the application status on the DOS site still reads: "Your passport application is in the final processing stages. When you applied, you requested Routine Service. This means you should receive your passport on or about 09/21/2009." Well, that's obviously a bunch of hooey.

I suppose I'll have to start making some phone calls if Monday rolls by with no certificate in the mail? :wacko: