US Passport review: Delay of US passport 190

Saturday July 28th will be 16 weeks! You get the same people saying its being processed. No one to complain to, no one to HELP you. We had it expedited they said they would put that we needed it for the 27th. It hasn't even been mailed out yet. The most frustrating thing is. My coworked went for hers a week before me and got hers a month ago, my parents went 2 months ago and got theirs. OURS who knows where it is. NO ONE helps. We paid another $114.00 to get copies of our birth certificates so we can go on our cruise next week which is CRAZY!

Passport arrived at 10am via fedEX today! Couldn't be happier!

116 days ago. Just called 1877 number and they said all they could do was send a message to the agency that I'm leaving in 2 weeks. If I choose to go to the local passport office I would need to apply all over again and there is no guarantee I would have it before my trip in 2 weeks.

Typical of this administration!

My passport arrived today. It took 10 weeks 3 days from the time my check was cashed on May 25th. Hopefully things are looking up, my passport went thru Charleston. Even thou I won't need it, thanks to everyone for posting their passport tech.

Sent expedited renewal application to Philadelphia in early June along with check for $127. To date, check hasn't been cashed and application has not been placed in the system. Does that mean my application hasn't even been opened? I'm supposed to travel in about 2 weeks. Any suggestions?

Thanks to the board i got my passport after 15 weeks of pending. I ll be leaving in 3 days... Basically if is delayed call the 1-877 number and change the status to expedite they will do it because is already delayed... Then call your congressman (i called them Friday had the pass on Monday because you have previously change the status to expedite).

If this does not work call the watch dog...

PLEASE CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN! Seems it is the only thing that works. It did for us. It is just a shame that our congressmen are using their valued time to help their constituents get their passports in time.

Send the passport application for my US-born son on April 7th at the local post office, regular shipping. My son was 1 month old at that time and we were planning a trip to our country (Switzerland) to visit our family and introduce him. I was said to wait 10-12 weeks, which was fine since our trip was planned for... today.

In Switzerland, you can actually speak to a representative and if any problem arises, the authorities would contact you. Having not received any letter nor phone call, I thought that everything was ok. Furthermore I misunderstood the fact that babies cannot travel with a birth certificate. Anyway having nothing in hands but a few official papers, my wife and I still tried to board our plane.

We were rejected... I also tried to get an appointment with the federal bureau... What a mess! I just spent at least 30 minutes on the phone typing numbers... So frustrating. Last but not least the grand-parents wont see their grandson thanks to a badly organized administration. I'm sad.

I was scheduled to leave for my trip July 12 and sent in my renewal on March 31. The two week notice came up with no passport and I, like everyone else, followed their instructions to call and put in a notice with the call center which was no help, also tried three times a day to get an appointment for any of three offices I am near to no avail. The one week mark hit and I started to go into panic mode especially after reading all the horror stories.

I did a search, found this site, and the best advice was to call the local office of your congressman. I called the office closest to me and gave the assistant my info at five on Thursday, Friday morning at 9am I got a call from someone in the passport office with a fedex tracking number and received it Saturday delivery from fedex.

We had the same problems Got fed up and called my Congress person. We had my daughters passport within 36 hrs. Hope this helps!

I applied for my passport 18 1/2 weeks ago and am scheduled to leave in a week... I have done everything I could possibly think of and still no passport. I have contacted my congressman and still have not heard anything. The passport "helpline" is a joke and they have not been able to tell me anything that I can't find out for myself on the internet. There's only so many times you can hear "your application is in process" before you go crazy.

Any other suggestions? Like everyone else, I am in panic mode over the thought of the thousands of dollars we will lose, the year we have spent planning this trip, and not to mention the time off of work that I can't get back because I work in healthcare. It will take me at least a year to accrue this vacation time again and who knows where we will be and if we will be able to plan a trip like this again.

Looks like this country can not get anything right. Supposed to be most technically advanced country, but can not process few thousands of additional passports. Let us out source to India or China. They will get it right.

I would like to thank all the useful advises I found it here.

We apply for my 4 months baby 3 months and half ago and we called 4 weeks ago to the %^@&%&@ 1-877 number &^@&$@... they said: no problem sir, the passport is in press on the San Francisco agency. I called one week ago and we discovered that it WAS NOT TRUE. I call 8 times to 1-877 number, as there was any date available to get an appointment to SFO agency (only automatic sercide...).

We got every time a different answer from 1-877..., and NOT HELP at all... they advise us to go in Seatlle or Denver (me, my spouse and the baby... for having a chance) for example... so, my advise DO NOT CALL 1-877 and spread the word.

Following the advise found here, I call to a guy working to the passport agency: I was able to enter right away, without appointment and get the passport the day after (today)...

Another general advise: do the opposite of what they ask:
examples:
1. call not before 2 weeks of leaving... read do not cal...
2. call 1-877 read do not call 1-877
3. it is not possible to get in the passport agency without appointment... read it is possible...

I am so over with those people. We applied for my 11 month old baby passport on 31st of March.12 weeks passed by and we had to leave our apartment because we could not renew our lease in order to leave the country. Then we would have had broken lease in our record so we moved from Austin to Houston to live with some friends. We quit our jobs and we left everything behind. Moved and the waiting began! Today is the 8th of August! That makes 17 weeks. Finally the Passport got done, but we never received it! I have been calling 3-4 times a week to ensure that they have our new address. The best they could do over the 1 800 number is to send emails to the New Hamshire office. We changed our travel plans 2 times since then. No jobs, no income, living in a house that is not ours. I made sure and warned the Post Office in Austin about the Passports. We applied for her dad's passport 2 weeks after we applied for hers! He got it a month ago to our new address!
Today I just found out that her passport was mailed to our previous address via FEDEX. So they basically got the message to OVERNIGHT it but WHO READ about the new address? Not to mention that on the website they said they mailed it Priority mail so I was waiting to receive it until or about on the 5th of august! When I called last week to see where they mailed it, some woman told me that it was mailed to the new address and it was priority mail. I thought I will give it until Wednesday. Well today when I did not get it I called and they Gladly provided me with FEdEX tracking number. It turned out that they delivered it to my OLD address and THEY TROWED IT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR because the Passport agency did not require signature. SO all that happened on the 1st of august. 1 week later I am finding out this. No one found it in our old apartment, THEY SCREW MY BABYS FUTURE! Who know who has her births certificate and her passport and fro what they will use it. I have been calling all day filing police reports and placing Frought alerts for her. I will have to live with that for the next 18 YEARS and they tell me that there is nothing they can do. I have been crying all day... basically I paid those people to screw my BABY LIFE FOREVER!

I am not going to live this like that. I am done talking to them I will be talking to a lawyer! Our lives are screwed now we will have to start all over again, we will not be able to live the country and most IMPORTANT MY DAUGHTER LIFE COULD BE SCREWED FOREVER! THAT DOES IT!

Please, if anyone knows what kind of lawyer I need to seek advice from, let me know. I would really appreciate that!

Thank you!

Just like everyone I've also been waiting 16 weeks now. I sent in 3 emails with no response. I am getting married in 3 weeks and I still need to apply for a marriage license. I've talked on the phone and was told give it another week but my birth certificate will not came until a few weeks later. What is going on with this system. We need to complain, complain and complain but to who. Nobody wants to help or fix any of the issues.

I just got back from the US passport office and I am going to write what did and did not work for me so that others may benefit.

#1: Do not wait until you are within 14 days from departure to make your automated appointment with the passport office. I did wait and the only appointment I was able to make was 4 days after my departure. So, go online and get that phone # and call at least 3 weeks prior so you can get a date prior to departure.

#2: I wrote local politicians for help. You can try this but it ended up not helping me and it is not to be relied upon. Try your local council person, senator and so on-it maybe good to do simply so that elected officials know that scope of the problem. I think the problem is going to go on for several months beyond the expected date and folks need to get the word out.

#3: I did everything the passport web sight requires-I called for my status, I emailed for it, and finally, at 72 hrs. to departure, we called and were told there was nothing we could do so we asked to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor put us on the "WILLCALL" list and made an appointment for us that day. This is what worked for us. I hope it helps others.

#4: as the new restrictions require a drivers license and printed out proof of one's passport application-I am more than a bit surprised that this has not resulted in lawsuits. Anyone who is disabled and therefore unable to drive and get a license is, in effect, discriminated against by this new requirement. As all other photo I.D. is state issued and therefore not valid-only people with drivers licenses are able to travel to Mexico , Caribbean, Bermuda and Canada if they have applied for but not yet gotten their passport. That leaves a huge segment of Americans unable to travel...

I applied for a passport renewal, along with my daughter, on April 3, 2007 to be able to travel on July 31. Somehow mine came but my daughter's had not arrived by the end of July. I called countless times, as you all have, and as you all know there was no way to talk to an agent as their phone line was a loop- and although they said if you were traveling within 16 days to make an appointment at a passport office, when you got to that point in the menu they said there was no one to take the call- to try again later. Ha! I emailed several times a day- and got back automated responses. Finally I called my local congresswoman and actually got help AND my daughter's passport 3 days before we left.

I believe that we should all be compensated for the stress and anxiety and many hours of aggravation that we endured, to receive what is our due as a citizen of the USA. Many people lost their trip. There IS no way to compensate for that. Travel is free in this country. For those of us that followed appropriate procedure there is no excuse for what we had to go through. Plus,the government took no responsibility for its mistake and left all of us to deal with the problem. I have traveled to many countries that were formerly under a communist system and this was a painful reminder of how that can be. If there is a lawyer out there could you suggest how a class-action suit might happen...

You should just do what illegal immigrants do, cross the border, screw a passport. They don't care so why should you? Btw, your class action lawsuit idea is a waste of time, you have to show intent to defraud, in this case the U.S. Government isn't trying to rip you off, it was bad planning when they implemented a new rule recently where you had to have a passport when going to Mexico or Caribbean so there was a mass rush to obtain them. They recently relaxed those regulations in light of the chaos so you should start to see better results when applying for a new passport. Cold comfort to those who had their trips ruined.

I applied for my son a passport on Aug 15, 2007 and was told that expediated service is 2-3 weeks. So we paid for it, as we're travelling on Sept 15, 2007. The passport was not issued till yesterday, where we received an email stating the passport has been mailed out. This is just 2 days before our trip, so you can imagine the anxiety that we have been through.
However, the worst, is the agency mailed the passport to a wrong address. The person who received my son's passport just called me and said that she had received our passsport. How can this error be made?
What if the person is not at home, and did not call me until tomorrow (Sept 15)? Then we won't be able to make it to our trip. Or worse still, what if the person decided not to call and just dump the passport?
I am lucky that the person called me and inform me that she had received the passport. But sending the passport to a wrong address is such a large error! Anyone who knows how I can lodge this complaint formally?

I wrote this letter to the US Department of State in New Jersey...They had me complete a supplemental questionnaire which was ridiculous...
In response to your letter regarding my passport application enclosed you will find the supplemental questionnaire, which has been completed.

My first question is: Why am I receiving correspondence at my employment address instead of my residential address?

I applied for my passport March 13, 2007 (6 months ago) I had to get a certified copy of my birth certificate at the County Courthouse because I had a birth certificate card which was unacceptable. This cost me $26.00. We were planning to travel to Mexico City on May 30, 2007, but passports never arrived. I had to change travel plans, air & hotel, which cost me over $200
to change the dates.

I received a letter from your agency in July, requesting the long form of birth certificate, I requested it from the bureau of vital statistics in Austin, TX for a fee of $35.00 plus $10.00 for fed-ex. I submitted the long form hoping to receive my passport in time for my changed travel date of August 15, 2007.

It was announced that we just needed to show proof that we had applied for passports, a little too late after I had already paid penalty fees for travel changes. I traveled on August 15, 2007 with no passport, just the proof. The total I have spent for my passport is approximately $181.00 plus the $200.00 for change in travel.

I returned from Mexico City and find this letter which is stating that my long form birth certificate does not support the date and place of birth in the US.
So, finally I have attached as much proof as I can possibly gather because you were requesting documents such as a midwife’s report, pre-natal or post-natal notes etc. Which I find impossible to do since I do not travel to the place I was born and the midwife is most likely deceased.

I am requesting that both birth (short & long form) and baptismal certificates be returned to me once you have completed your investigation. It is September 14, and still nothing! I am pissed...and I'm with everyone else we should get our money back through our tax return or file a lawsuit this is ridiculous...why do they require a passport if they are not freaking prepared all they want is our money!

I can’t even begin to express how incredibly stressed-out and irate I am at the moment. My boyfriend and I applied for a passport on September 1st. I submitted the original copy of my birth certificate along with copies of my state ID and work ID. I submitted my application at my local post office and paid extra to have it expedited. All went well and I was surprised at how quick and easy the application process was. (I should have known it was too good to be true.) A few weeks later I checked the status of my application and it was being processed. I figured that I would have it within 4 weeks with no problem at all – seeing as how the website didn’t report any issues that would impede its delivery.

It is now September 17th and my boyfriend received his passport in the mail but I had no such luck! I received a letter saying that my identification was insufficient and that I must provide copies of 5 additional proofs of ID. This was the first indication of insufficient ID that I had ever heard of. I made a call to the infamous 877 number and asked them what was wrong with the identification I submitted. I got now answers at all. When I asked if I could have a number of someplace or someone that could tell me what exactly is wrong with my ID, I was told there is no other number. I have made 3 calls today and I was given nothing but attitude from the person on the other end. I actually had to tell one woman that I am only asking her questions and there is no reason for her to “take that sort of tone with me”.

Am I crazy but don’t I have the right to know what is holding-up my application? Did I not submit the approved forms of identification? Why should I send copies of my high school yearbook or college diploma if there is no guarantee that those will be sufficient? Let’s not even mention the fact that I paid 158 bucks just to have my passport arrive late anyway. Oh, and they strongly suggest overnighting the additional documents to them! You can require things but I can’t get answers about MY information. I have searched the internet for a number, a name, an email address or anything that would allow me to file a grievance but I have found nothing.

You people should have had some foresight and applied for your passport when you had no travel plans. It is unthinkable as a world citizen that you would not have a passport in your possession at all times.

I am glad I found this web site and was able to get the phone number to call. [protected] . My passport processing was going into the eigth week and I had paid for expedited service, I am going to China and I still needed to get my Visas for that country and schedule some in country flights. I could not do that without my passport number. Out of frustration I googled passport complaints and found this web site and that phone number to call. The passport Service Center cannot do anything to make it go faster, they just can check status a little closer than you can, but even if they say it is 3/4 of the way done, it dose'nt mean anything. Mine still took two and a half weeks after they told me that. They are only concerned with the departure date, they feel if they get it to you by that date, then they did their part. It dose not matter to them if you have other arrangements to make that require the PassPort number. By calling this number: The Passport Task Force and asking for the Passport Day Duty Officer [protected] call between (9:ooam and 5:oo pm ) Eastern time. The Duty Officer has direct contact with the Passport Processing Centers. He called me back that afternoon, and I had my passport in hand the next day! Just remember to be cordial and try not pass your frustrations on to him/her in an aggressive or demeaning way, because if your complaint is legitimate they will light the fire and get results. I hope this helped! They really should list that Task Force number on the USPS web site so it can be more easily found. Again had I not found this web site, I would probably still be pulling my hair out!

"I am glad that I found this web page"! I paid for expedited service and it was going into the eigth week, I needed my passports to apply for a visa to China. I also need it to schedule an in country flight over there. The Passport service center only seemed to be concerned about the departure date, I believe that they think that if they get it to you by that date, then they have done their job. It dose not matter if you have other issues that require the passport or that you paid for the expedited service, because it is refundable if the service was not expedited. That is the feeling I got from them, plus they can only tell you about how far along your passport process is. Which really dose not mean anything, mine supposedly was 3/4 of the way done and it still took two more weeks before I got it! I believe I would still not have it if I did not call the number listed above in the complaints forum. That number is to the PassPort Task Force and you call and ask for the Passport Day Duty Officer, the number is: [protected] Be cordial and don't pile your frustrations on him/her in an aggressive or demeaning way and if your complaint is valid you will get almost same day results. The Duty Officer has direct contact with the Processing centers and can light a fire under them. When I called the Passport Day Duty Officer and told him my story, he said he would call me back after contacting them. After a few hours he called and said that they will have it to me in a couple of days, I actually got it the very next day! Now that is service, If only the Passport Processing Center could have been helpful like that. They really should post the phone number on the USPS.com web site, if I had not googled Passport complaints and found this web site, I probably would still be waiting. I hope this helps!

Me and my wife had the same problem with our passports. The National Passport Agency was inconsiderate and rude after we called them 8 days in a row asking about the stage of my wife's passport. Some of the people working the phones were extremely nice, and seemed to sincerely want to help. But, we all know they are way under staffed. We called our State Senator's office and congressional district's office to no avail. The one thing that did seem to work was a fax to our Senator's office in Washington D.C. explaining our situation and lack of help from the passport office. The next time I called the passport office, they had told me that our senator had put a rush on it, and we would be recieving in via FedEx within 24 hours. I then called Fed Ex and asked about the package. They were extremely helpful even without a tracking number and told us exactly what time it would hit our doorstep. We recieved our passports 10 min before they told us when it would arrive: 11:00 PM, the night before our honeymoon.

I completely agree though. The National Passport Agency should have beefed up their staff immensly once they knew these changes would be implemented. Millions of passports cannot be done in a few days with a small staff.

Can anyone please help? I applied for my passport on May 14, 2007. It's now almost November. It's been over 5 MONTHS! The status from passport website says it's in the process for the last 5 months! I've written an email to my senator, but haven't heard from him!
I called the 1877 number and no one wants to help since I'm not traveling in the next 14 days! I'm not scheduled to travel in the next 14 days, but what in the world is going on? It's getting to the 6months time frame now, and I'm still waiting for my passport!
Anyone have any idea what I need to do next? Thanks much.

This entire complaint thread should be sent, preferably in hard copy via U.S. Mail, else by email, to EVERY Member of Congress, along with a promise that if action is not immediately instigated to correct this absurd situation regarding passports, that NONE of them will receive any votes in the next primary or general election!

Remember: if you don't vote, you have no reason to complain!

One might hope that there are some lawyers who have been put through this insane prolonged process of obtaining a passport and will join to file a Class Action Lawsuit against the Bureau!

I applied for a passport for my daughter and I on Aug 13,2007. It was received at the processing center in Philly on Aug 15,2007 @ 8:46am as I paid for delivery confirmation at the post office. They have not even been entered on the system and my checks have not been cashed. I have called them and all I have been told is to get 2 new birth certificates and reapply. Any advice on what to do smb. My applications are not on the system so I was told by the passport information center that they can't help me.

My husband and I applied for our passports in February of 07. We rec'd our passports in plenty of time for our trip in May of 07. What's all the fuss about?

Hallie- Before asking such a question that will quite likely get you chewed out by thousands who have waited for their passport... I assume you've heard of this before on the news, other posts, etc? This is not a new subject matter. Some, like you, have been lucky enough to get your passport in a timely fashion. Others, like myself, waited 16 weeks to get it... got it 3 days before my departure. I submitted all information they needed WELL IN ADVANCE of my trip. My application and accompanying materials were complete---I was never asked for additional information. And still, it took 16 weeks. I'm not the only one... there are literally tens of thousands that have been screwed. Maybe you should step back and assess your comment before posting something thoughtless like that again. People are postal over this subject matter. Count your blessings that you received yours timely and refrain from gloating and rubbing salt in the wounds of those that have been incredibly inconvenienced with their time and money, as well as having to completely cancel their trips.

I went through hell waiting for my passport. I was so upset because the 1877 customer service people said there was nothing I could do except wait. I applied in Feb. 07 and finally received it a week before my trip in Aug. 07. But when we received my passport, my husband realized that his passport just expired. We only had a week to get his passport and I was so scared that we would have to cancel our trip. We rushed to the post office to see what we could do. There is no way we could wait another 6 months since our trip was in a week. The post office recommended a passport expediting company called Passport Assistant in Pennsylvania (we are from Texas). At first I was very skeptical and afraid to send his passport application to this company but the passport person at the post office assured me that the company could process his passport in a day. He said that he had heard great things about this company from his customers. So to make a long story short, we crossed our fingers, sent his application to Passport Assistant and he received his passport a day later. My husband and I are so happy we stopped by the post office and found out about this company. I can't believe that they were able to get his passport in a day. I would highly recommend using Passport Assistant if you are in a jam. They were such lifesavers. It's pretty unbelievable how he waited until the last minute and didn't have to worry about a thing while I sent my application in months in advance and worried for weeks... just amazing.

I did not expedite mine, and I did not book a flight until it got back to me. I did how ever get mine back within 7 weeks of sending it out.

I actually had a somewhat pleasant experience with the Passport situation. I applied for a passport four days before I thought I would need one (spur of the moment trip a friend paid for). I was supposed to go to the Bahamas and at the time having your ID and proof of application for your passport was supposed to be sufficient. I did not know I had to have the "official" print out of the proof of application from the government website, but thought I only needed the proof of application the local Post Office stamped (both forms almost look exactly the same). Attempted to travel with ID, Birth Cert and proof of app from post office. Was told by the airlines I could not travel, I would still need the official print out. Contacted National Passport center and although I did not pay for the expediting I received my Passport the following week. By then, though I could not travel had to postpone until next year, but they expedited it to try to help.

It has been 17 weeks since I applied for renewal back in august 08/20/2007. It is now mid December, I have not hard any thing from them to this day. I have called 1-877 numerous times and sent numerous emails. Does anyone else have or had same situation?

What's funny is I have no sympathy for you people complaining about how long its taking for you to get your passports. You all act like they just now told us that they were changing the laws about having a passport to travel out of the US. They started telling people in the beginning of 2006 this law would change come 2007 and you dipsticks all waited until the last minute to do it. And for the ### that said damn this country...too bad you weren't on one of those planes that crashed into the WTC. The less unamerican ###s like you the better. Go live somewhere else ###! Quit your complaining people you were given a YEARS fair warning!

They're getting ready to buckle us down for Martial Law. Currently there are over 800 concentration camps in this country, and plans for more. Passports are being delayed and denied because they don't want any debt-slaves to leave the country. ###'s getting weird around here, only a knowledgable and well-informed citizen is capable of stopping the rise of misplaced power.

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I had applied for my passport on Feb 27, 2008 and about four weeks later received notice that my application needed more information to better identify myself. I sent more information about myself, including my old/expired passport on March 24, 2008 and expected to get my passport in another four weeks. This was fine since our trip wouldn't be until may 18th. So I waited and waited...April 28th comes and still no passport. I kept calling that number on the passport website and they were of no help...The only answer they could give me was "sorry we cannot help you...all we can tell you is that it's still processing". Since we knew that being mean won't get us anywhere, we just kindly say "okay, thanks" and tried to find a solution as to how we could get my passport in time for our trip. And we ran into this website after some research...THANK GOD! I did just as previous comments have said: contacting our local congressman. They called us back the next day (April 29th) and told us that it was taken care of. Then we recieved an e-mail stating that our passport should show up no later than may 5th. I'm not sure how the watchdog thing works, but they weren't much help either...All they told me was that it was processing and we should hear from someone soon. Today is May 2, 2008 and I just received my passport. I hope this will give some hope to others who are trying to figure out what to do about a passport that is taking FOREVER! Contacting your congressman i think is your best bet. I was kind of negative at first thinking that they have better things to do than help people with their passports, but they're really fast at responding.

Dear Sir This is my again and urgent reminder mail sir this is very urgent i want my passport in one week i am very gretful to you becoz my company want the passport its really very urgent sir.

-----Original Message-----
From: trs.gurgaon.12081 [mailto:trs.gurgaon.12081@trs.raymond.in]
Sent: 11 July 2008 20:04
To: 'rpo.delhi@mea.gov.in'
Subject: REQUEST TO RELEASE PASSPORT FILE NO A016043 - 08

To,

The Public Relation Manager (PRO)
Regional Passport Officer (RPO) Date:-11th July, 2008
Bhikaji Cama Place,
New Delhi

Sub:- Request to release the Passport :- File No A016043-2008 applied on 28th April-2008

Respected Sir,

I, Rakesh Manohar S/o of Late Shri Murli Manohar, R/o D-26C, Rajpur Khurd, Near Tivoli Garden, Chhattar Pur New Delhi – 110031.

Have applied for fresh passport and submitted the application form on [protected] at Bhikaji Cama Place Counter. My Police Verification has been done & cleared.

As I know It takes 45 working days to get a new passport through General way if it get clear through all the Police Verifications etc. Now its going to be 2.5 months. Earlier I was not in hurry. But now I need the passport at little earliest.

I have been working with Raymond Ltd. for the last 23 months as Unit Manager and once in 2 year in the month of August all the manager & senior around 400 Staffs have to go abroad for Business Seminar. So, by 20th July, I need to submit my passport in Mumbai Raymond Head Office so that they can forward the passport to get Visa.

So Here I would like to request you kindly issue my Passport on urgent basis. And I strongly believe that you would consider on my request. I really need this otherwise Instead of writing a mail I could wait for some more time.

Thanking You,

Yours Truly

Rakesh Manohar

DOB : 09-11-1980

S/o Mr. Murli Manohar

R/o D-26C, Rajpur Khurd Village

Near Tivoli Garden, Chhattar Pur

New Delhi - 110031
Tel.: [protected]

I'm very upset and kinda frustraded about this passport thing. I'm 15 years old and i was born with a midwife.. My passports documents have already been delivered two times! I have sent already everything they ask for, Thank God my midwife is still alive, and she sign me a certified paper with a notary present where it said i was a U.S. Citizen, but still they delivered me my documents! I don't know what to do anymore! They are asking now for my mom's visa when she had me here.. but she was illegal in that time. Now she's a resident in the U.S. almost getting her citenship.. My family have already wasted over $300 just in me over this case, but other $ 300 with my dad's too, he's having unfourtunately the same problem as me. He is in a disabily status and my mom doesn't work and she was a one year old kid. What can we do?
Are lawyers trained for this cases?

PHARR, TEXAS

Thanks!

My boyfriend and I have planned a trip to Costa Rica with us leaving on dec 16. We applied 6 weeks in advance. To my surprise my passport came immediately, but my boyfriends was denied. Apparently he owed Child Support Services a bit of money that he was unaware wasn't paid. He paid off the balance immediately, and had his name removed from the black list that support office had to keep him from getting the passport. They assured us nothing should be keeping the passport from processing. Figuring the passport would not arrive by mail in time, we tried to will call the passport in Philadelphia (because they still have his birth certificate, and application held in philly) We have been on the phone with the generic passport number (1877) for what seems like a week and a half straight and still can't get cooperation from the passport office. They continue to tell us that it isn't processing and his name is still on this mysterious list. We contacted the Child Support office (who is very helpful, unlike the passport office) who again assured us that his name was removed days ago and there should be no problems, just to be sure the lady faxed a copy of the paper work to the passport offices. (this process usually takes longer but we were given special permission and contacted many people to have the process rushed through the state and federal Child Support offices)
We called the Passport office again and we were only met with more frustration. The customer service is horrible and trying to talk to someone in Michigan about your passport issues at the Philly office is useless. We are leaving in four days and still the passport office says they can't help us. We plan to go to the Philadelphia office on Monday and hope to solve the problem there. I do not understand why you cannot just call the Philadelphia office directly, I feel like that would move the process along and solve the problem. If anyone knows the number to the Philadelphia Passport Agency office I would really like to have it. The 877 number told me there is no phone number (which I realize is a lie, they just don't give it out). It will be really upsetting if we lose all the money we put in to this trip even after we spent the last 2+ weeks taking care of everything we could to get the passport in order. My problem lies with the customer service and dis-organization of the U.S. passport system.
I feel like they keep sending us in circles, with no real end in sight.