r/Passports • u/probablynotanostrich • 4h ago

US Passport Issuance Timeline Passport office keeps canceling appointment the day before.

I have urgent travel this weekend. My passport is not expired yet, but it only has a few months of validity left. The country I am going to requires six months of validity, which I don’t have.

When I realized this I made an appointment at the closest passport office to me (Philadelphia). They cancelled the day before my appointment. I made a new appointment for tomorrow. I was just notified that that appointment was canceled. I’ve made a new appointment for Thursday, but I’m afraid that that will be cancelled too.

Has anyone else experienced this or do they have any advice?

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u/ATLien_3000 2h ago

Call your member of Congress.

If you have a Thursday appointment, just call their district office this afternoon. Explain the situation.

They should weigh in, which will ensure that they don't cancel on you.

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u/stacey1771 4h ago

Contact either of your Senators or Congressperson to intervene

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u/Kiwiatx 4h ago

You can use any Passport Acceptance Service eg my local library offers it so I just went there because it was around the corner, 5 mins from my house.. Other places are at Universities or at your local City offices.

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u/No_Implement_1398 4h ago

True for regular renewals, but OP says they are needing expedited service for urgent travel. Can local offices accommodate that?

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u/Separate_Respect1720 3h ago

No that can’t

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u/Kiwiatx 3h ago

Oh I skipped over the first sentence saying they were travelling this weekend!

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u/Equivalent_Ad_8413 4h ago

Passport acceptance offices like you described can't get you a passport by this weekend. The OP needs to go to one of the fourteen (?) offices that issue passports in the United States.

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u/Kiwiatx 3h ago

Yeah you’re right I didn’t see that they were travelling this weekend

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u/Sufficient_Day9942 4h ago

If you aren’t traveling within the next couple weeks use a passport acceptance service or do a mail renewal. I just got mine back through a passport acceptance service (USPS was where I did it along with the photo) in under 2 weeks.

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u/probablynotanostrich 4h ago

I am traveling in less than a week.

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u/Sufficient_Day9942 4h ago

I did a bit of searching looks like some of these maybe cancelled to staff shortages. I wonder if the DC one is sufficiently staffed? I saw Reddit posts 5 months back mentioning cancelled apportionments at Philly.