Feedback, experiences, timelines, tips and useful information from people that have recently been through the US passport application process.
1st Adult Passport
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Expedited
Application Date:
2025-12-09
Received Date:
2025-12-20
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#53 – Seattle Passport Agency
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Optional Comments:
Still not received my card and original documents
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Expedited
Application Date:
2025-12-11
Received Date:
2025-12-20
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#15,#20-#29,#45,#68,#69,#71 – National Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-08
Received Date:
2025-10-14
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#61-64 – Western Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-08
Received Date:
2025-10-20
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
Smoother and faster than I expected
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-07-23
Received Date:
2025-08-20
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#58 – Philadelphia Passport Agency
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
Because the country I was born exists no longer I have been requested to provide a new country name. So now I have as birth place a country I have never visited in my life.
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-09-30
Received Date:
2025-10-07
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
#34 – #39 Charleston Passport Agency
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-27
Received Date:
2025-11-08
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#77 – Buffalo Passport Agency
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-07
Received Date:
2025-11-18
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#75 – Vermont Passport Agency
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-07
Received Date:
2025-11-18
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#75 – Vermont Passport Agency
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
First U.S Adult Passport
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-19
Received Date:
2025-12-10
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
My passport was applied for at the US embassy in Madrid. Three weeks exactly
Adult Renewal Passport
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-15
Received Date:
2025-10-31
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Optional Comments:
The passport website said it would take 4-6 weeks at the time of my online application but from online application time to receipt is 16 days
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-20
Received Date:
2025-10-27
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
#15,#20-#29,#45,#68,#69,#71 – National Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
Got my digital photo at FedEx. The whole process was simple and easy. I thought 1 month would be about right to receive it, but 1 week? Since it was a renewal, I doubt a real person looked at it. The boxes were all ticked by computer and off to printing.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-17
Received Date:
2025-10-24
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
#78 – El Paso Passport Agency
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Optional Comments:
Did an on-line renewal for both self and spouse on the same date: 10-17-25. Live together in Oregon.
Received mine in the mail 10-24-25. Yes, just 7 days.
Received email in-process notice, received approved notice, received shipped notice, then received – all in 7 days. Shipping envelope said El Paso.
For spouse, only have received in-process notice.
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-14
Received Date:
2025-10-23
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-09-30
Received Date:
2025-10-09
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#58 – Philadelphia Passport Agency
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Expedited
Application Date:
2025-10-14
Received Date:
2025-10-24
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
Submitted Oct 14, in hand Oct 24. 10 days came from Arizona to Florida?
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-15
Received Date:
2025-10-31
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Optional Comments:
The passport website said it would take 4-6 weeks at the time of my online application but from online application time to receipt is 16 days
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-10-09
Received Date:
2025-11-17
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
#61-64 – Western Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-04
Received Date:
2025-11-17
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#15,#20-#29,#45,#68,#69,#71 – National Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-12
Received Date:
2025-11-22
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
#65 – Arkansas Passport Center
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-11-10
Received Date:
2025-11-26
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
#58 – Philadelphia Passport Agency
Experience:
4 Star – Easy
Type of Application:
Adult Passport Renewal
Standard or Expedited
Standard
Application Date:
2025-12-03
Received Date:
2025-12-22
Application Method:
Online Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
Optional Comments:
Return address is New Orleans
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Child Passport
Type of Application:
Child Passport
Standard or Expedited
Expedited
Application Date:
2025-10-20
Received Date:
2025-11-01
Application Method:
Paper Application
Passport Agency:
I do not know
Experience:
5 Star – Very Easy
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