Dont forget to check your passports
I pulled ours out last night to make sure all was well and realized mine expires in Nov 2013.
No problemo, right? 4 months, that should be enough for a new passpor..................
Wait. the US govt is currently closed for business. rutroh.
Has anyone gotten their passport renewed and how long did it take when the govt was open?
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In a pinch, if you live near a US city with a passport office you can actually get a passport as quickly as same-day or next-business-day - you just have to bring your picture, fill out the forms correctly in advance and show up to stand in line before the office opens. They will never officially TELL you this to be the case - the phone tree and all documentation on the state department web site will outright lie to you about it and insist the only way to get an appointment is via the voicemail system weeks in advance and the better way is to use the mail months in advance - but it remains true. If you need a passport within a week so you pay a courier firm for rush delivery that's all they do - have a guy stand in the right line at the right time of day.
(I used the "go stand in line" system to renew my passport in 2011 and got a next-day pickup)
It took about two weeks for mine, not bad at all.