• Hire an expediter ($80-200).
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If You Paid To Expedite Your Passport Application, You May Be Eligible For A Refund
By 6.16.07
The State Department will issue refunds to people who paid to expedite their passport application, but didn’t receive their passport within fourteen days. Expediting a passport costs $60 on top of the standard $97 application fee. The move comes after the State Department admitted they could not handle a spike in passport applications caused by new rules that prevent citizens from traveling to neighboring nations without a passport.
State Department Delays Implementation Of New Passport Regulations Until September 30
By 6.10.07
Unable to cope with the overwhelming demand for new passports, the State Department will allow Americans to travel between Mexico, Canada and Caribbean nations without a passport until September 30. Citizens have needed a passport to fly to and from neighboring nations since January 23.
Ask The Consumerists: Can I Fly With No ID?
By 4.3.07
I have a friend that moved to NYC a little while ago from Iowa. She hadn’t switched to a NYS Photo ID yet, as she isn’t sure if this is going to be a permanent move, so she has been using her Iowa State Photo ID (non-Driver’s License, which is important as you’ll see) around town.
Need a Passport? Apply Early, Expect to Wait
By 3.23.07
The State Department is swamped with passport applications. The backlog is driven in large part by new rules that require U.S. citizens to have a passport (and not just photo id and a birth certificate) in order to re-enter the country by plane from Canada, the Caribbean, and other countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Help! I Need A Passport In 2 Days!
By 3.12.07
Kelly’s boyfriend needs a passport in a hurry, but how?
Free U.S. Passports from Nassau Paradise Island?
By 2.9.07
This is weird. The Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board will issue rebates for the cost of new US Passports for your entire family (4 per room), providing you stay for 2 days at one of 19 participating hotels. The deal comes as new regulations are requiring US travelers to show a US passport to travel to and from the Bahamas.
