refundable international ticket to expedite the passport process

[mhreza 2]

Is a refundable ticket can be used to get the passport in one day at a passport agency  ?

the ticket can be cancelled later . 

any negative consequences. 

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

2 minutes ago, mhreza said:

Is a refundable ticket can be used to get the passport in one day at a passport agency  ?

the ticket can be cancelled later . 

any negative consequences. 

 

Do you mean getting a US Passport or a different nationality? If it's a US passport then they won't care at all about your flight date

[afrocraft 313]

18 minutes ago, mhreza said:

Is a refundable ticket can be used to get the passport in one day at a passport agency  ?

the ticket can be cancelled later . 

any negative consequences. 

 

This is weird. Why are you making up travel you don't intend to undertake? Most US passports are processed in 2-3 weeks.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Why do you need a passport in one day when you aren't traveling?

 

Great idea to use trickery with the US Passport Office.  Brilliant.  

[saladboye 166]

19 minutes ago, mhreza said:

Is a refundable ticket can be used to get the passport in one day at a passport agency  ?

the ticket can be cancelled later . 

any negative consequences. 

 

 

Assuming getting a US passport after getting citizenship.

yes you can. I did it, not for same day service just for expidated service

[saladboye 166]

7 minutes ago, afrocraft said:

This is weird. Why are you making up travel you don't intend to undertake? Most US passports are processed in 2-3 weeks.

Few reasons:

1. Upgrading Family Preference petitions to Immediate Relatives (I know the cert should suffice, but it helps to give more)
2. Have an international travel in few weeks but the DHS needs appointment to update the GE with new passport (rare but happens)
3. Most importantly: the NAT cert is a $600 replacement and delicate, a passport is 1/3rd the cost and not delicate and also easy to carry around.
4. Live in a state that is not Real ID compliant so need one that is. Passport is the way to go.

Edited September 17, 2019 by saladboye

[aaron2020 11,651]

2 minutes ago, saladboye said:

Few reasons:

1. Upgrading Family Preference petitions to Immediate Relatives (I know the cert should suffice, but it helps to give more)
2. Have an international travel in few weeks but the DHS needs appointment to update the GE with new passport (rare but happens)
3. Most importantly: the NAT cert is a $600 replacement and delicate, a passport is 1/3rd the cost and not delicate and also easy to carry around.

Thanks for answering for the OP. You must be a mind reader.  

 

1.  It doesn't help to give more.

2.  Normal processing is 2-3 weeks, so more than enough for travel in a few weeks.  (OP has not indicated this.)

3.  No one carries around a NAT cert or a passport.  

[afrocraft 313]

1 minute ago, saladboye said:

Few reasons:

1. Upgrading Family Preference petitions to Immediate Relatives (I know the cert should suffice, but it helps to give more)
2. Have an international travel in few weeks but the DHS needs appointment to update the GE with new passport (rare but happens)
3. Most importantly: the NAT cert is a $600 replacement and delicate, a passport is 1/3rd the cost and not delicate and also easy to carry around.

Still, on all counts: Can't deal with 2-3-week wait?

[Dashinka 24,519]

Not sure there are any negative consequences, but find it hard to believe there is any other need to get a US passport in one day unless there is actual pending travel.

10 minutes ago, saladboye said:

Few reasons:

1. Upgrading Family Preference petitions to Immediate Relatives (I know the cert should suffice, but it helps to give more)
2. Have an international travel in few weeks but the DHS needs appointment to update the GE with new passport (rare but happens)
3. Most importantly: the NAT cert is a $600 replacement and delicate, a passport is 1/3rd the cost and not delicate and also easy to carry around.
4. Live in a state that is not Real ID compliant so need one that is. Passport is the way to go.

1. That really doesn't make sense.  If someone is naturalized and looking to upgrade a family preference application, the certificate is all they need, having both a passport and certificate really doesn't do anything more as they both show the person is now a USC.

2. Highly unlikely one can get a GE appointment that quickly

3. I don't know anyone that carries around their Nat. Certificate, getting a passport is not a requirement.

4. This would fall under pending travel, and if necessary, then certainly a reason to expedite.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Bill & Katya

[Liam2021 583]

Naturalized  cert is all you need to upgrade.

[mhreza 2]

if you have proof of international travel within two weeks, you can get your US passport in 1-2 days at a passport agency 

maybe a refundable ticket serves as proof ? 

[arken 4,197]

Yes it serves as a proof but using it improperly just because you can may create issues for future applicants with real urgency. It’s similar to people facing issues getting visas becoz other people have misused them. 

 

Urgency should be applied for real urgent reasons not fake ones.

[Dashinka 24,519]

8 minutes ago, mhreza said:

if you have proof of international travel within two weeks, you can get your US passport in 1-2 days at a passport agency 

maybe a refundable ticket serves as proof ? 

Heck, back when my wife naturalized, we planned to travel internationally within 3 weeks of her ceremony so we went to the passport agency with nothing more than our tentative itinerary (no purchased tickets refundable or otherwise), she got her passport in 3 days with expedite.  Not sure you actually need to show tickets to get in the door and request an expedite.  The travel plans were in fact real, but I was not going to pay for tickets until we knew her passport would be in hand.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Bill & Katya

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

35 minutes ago, mhreza said:

if you have proof of international travel within two weeks, you can get your US passport in 1-2 days at a passport agency 

maybe a refundable ticket serves as proof ? 

So what is the issue here???? Just take the time and wait the 2-3 weeks and stop rushing

[mhreza 2]

I already wanted to expedite the  passport application (60$). However, in a passport agency you can get it much faster with the same fee.  the only problem is that a travel proof is required.