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US Passport & Card: 2018 Applicants
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UserName | Expedited | Sent | Cashed | Trackable | PP Received | PPC Received | NC Received | Location
got email update saying passport shipped.
so: applied via USPS 09 Jan with $60 expediting fee and 1-2 day shipping $16.xx fee, acknowledged in their system only on 21 Jan, approved and shipped on 24 Jan. Not a bad process!