2020/ 21- US Passport & Card Application-Tracker

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

28 minutes ago, rodeo said:

Been waiting for 19 days now since I received my passport, certificate still not showing up, needed it on Tuesday... is it lost? Or still in the normal waiting time?

Totally within normal time, some get sooner but many get it in 3-4 weeks, a few even longer 

 

curious what you needed it for that a passport didn’t suffice 

[jolyn69 28]

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Totally within normal time, some get sooner but many get it in 3-4 weeks, a few even longer 

 

curious what you needed it for that a passport didn’t suffice 

got my naturalization certificate back 4 days after i received my passport.my locator is 58..may be it depends where your passport was processed.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

2 minutes ago, jolyn69 said:

got my naturalization certificate back 4 days after i received my passport.my locator is 58..may be it depends where your passport was processed.

That’s unusually short if you read back through the thread.

[jolyn69 28]

3 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

That’s unusually short if you read back through the thread.

 i am surprise when i received my passport so quick it process only 5 weeks for routine service

[rodeo 11]

18 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Totally within normal time, some get sooner but many get it in 3-4 weeks, a few even longer 

 

curious what you needed it for that a passport didn’t suffice 

Thanks SusieQQQ, yes I thought all the while that I won't use that certificate anymore because I have a US passport and card now, but as I said I needed it for an easy access to travel and visit my former home country from time to time.  It is one of their requirements....

[Scandi 4,166]

7 minutes ago, rodeo said:

Thanks SusieQQQ, yes I thought all the while that I won't use that certificate anymore because I have a US passport and card now, but as I said I needed it for an easy access to travel and visit my former home country from time to time.  It is one of their requirements....

Yeah the only times I will need the naturalization certificate is when I apply for a new Swedish passport, they require proof of when I became a US citizen, because up until 2001 you lost your Swedish citizenship if you became a citizen of another country. So the US passport is not enough proof as it doesn't show which date I became a citizen. 

[Scandi 4,166]

15 hours ago, jolyn69 said:

got my naturalization certificate back 4 days after i received my passport.my locator is 58..may be it depends where your passport was processed.

I definitely think it depends on which passport agency processes your application, yes. My application was with the Boston Passport Agency and I got my certificate back 2 business days after I received my passport. This while I have seen others in Facebook groups wait for 2 months before they got their certificate back. 

[Outsider 40]

On 9/3/2021 at 4:41 PM, noname1234 said:

i guess they proceed your application with expedited service.

Referring to the previous discussion in this thread, expedited service is speeding up process between when you're applying for your passport and when it gets status "in process". The actual time between "in process" and "approved" would be the same for both regular and expedited applications. So you can see that it took 2 weeks to get that "in process" status for me, when for applications with " expedited" servise it takes a couple of days now. I think I just got lucky with the processing location. They probably just reopened it cuz I couldn't find anyone with locators staring with 75. 

[bing10 114]

31 minutes ago, Outsider said:

Referring to the previous discussion in this thread, expedited service is speeding up process between when you're applying for your passport and when it gets status "in process". The actual time between "in process" and "approved" would be the same for both regular and expedited applications. So you can see that it took 2 weeks to get that "in process" status for me, when for applications with " expedited" servise it takes a couple of days now. I think I just got lucky with the processing location. They probably just reopened it cuz I couldn't find anyone with locators staring with 75. 

 

I have expedited, and it took 1.5 weeks for me from applying to go to "in process".

 

I think there's probably some element of luck in it all, in addition to expedited vs regular.

 

[leymanai 60]

On Wednesday I emailed my congressman to see if he can do anything as I had a very important trip popped up out of nowhere on September, 9th. They responded back on Thursday and today I received a phone call from Western Passport Agency in regards to my application and if I can provide my card details to upgrade my application to expedited one. I was promised that my application will be looked at as soon as the charge go through.  Five minutes later after we ended conversation, money was taken from my bank account. Will update you on further deets.

[tu2008 97]

35 minutes ago, leymanai said:

On Wednesday I emailed my congressman to see if he can do anything as I had a very important trip popped up out of nowhere on September, 9th. They responded back on Thursday and today I received a phone call from Western Passport Agency in regards to my application and if I can provide my card details to upgrade my application to expedited one. I was promised that my application will be looked at as soon as the charge go through.  Five minutes later after we ended conversation, money was taken from my bank account. Will update you on further deets.

Did you have to provide proof of airline ticket to the congressman's office?

[leymanai 60]

59 minutes ago, tu2008 said:

Did you have to provide proof of airline ticket to the congressman's office?

No. They did not ask me for anything. I only gave them my passport application number

[aa1979 100]

6 hours ago, tu2008 said:

Did you have to provide proof of airline ticket to the congressman's office?

 

5 hours ago, leymanai said:

No. They did not ask me for anything. I only gave them my passport application number

tu2008: I think it really depends on your own representative. Some of them do ask of you to provide proof of travel plans while others do not ask for anything. Most of what I have seen at least on this website that they usually do ask of a proof of plans. It makes their job easier with the agency. I hope that helps!

[leymanai 60]

3 minutes ago, aa1979 said:

 

tu2008: I think it really depends on your own representative. Some of them do ask of you to provide proof of travel plans while others do not ask for anything. Most of what I have seen at least on this website that they usually do ask of a proof of plans. It makes their job easier with the agency. I hope that helps!

Indeed. I did explained though what do I need passport for ASAP. So I guess that sufficed to him. 

[youalreadyknowyes 0]

Has anybody had experience with the agency with locator code 68 (New Hampshire)?