K and I have our passports ready to go; he a US one and I a Swedish one.
S got her Swedish one early this year, and we applied for her US passport On April 13. We were told they were swamped with applications, and it could take 11 weeks.
Now recently it has been bumped to 12 weeks. Nevertheless, April 13 is 11 weeks ago; no passport!
I went online to get a passport application status; it is being processed. They know our travel date is July 6...
Finally today I was able to get someone on the phone at the state department. He was as helpful as he could be, he put a notice on our application that we are traveling within a week, and to process ASAP and overnight it to us. He also recommended calling back on Monday to put a 48-hour notice on the application, further pushing for a fast processing.
I sure hope she gets her passport in time... In worst case scenario she will have to travel as a Swedish citizen. I am not sure how difficult that will be when we come back into the US.
- She is traveling with both her parents, one a US citizen and the other a legal resident;
- She has a Swedish passport stating she was born in Florida;
- She has her birth certificate that states she was born in Florida with a US citizen as a parent;
- She has a receipt for the passport application;
- She has a passport application status report from the US State Department.
1 comment:
Ja, tyvärr måste alla medborgare oavsett ålder komma tillbaks till USA på ett giltigt US pass. Det finns ett ställe (eller ja, de har två kontor) som kan fixa det samma dag eller inom 48 timmar. Det kostar en slant, men kanske ni måste göra så. Du kan gå till deras web site www.visalady.com och följa instruktionerna för de som bor utanför Atlanta. Har du några frågor så kanske jag kan hjälpa dig då jag känner ägaren och känner till företaget väl. Just nu så ligger deras "live operator" nere, men den bör börja fungera klockan 9 imorgon bitti igen. Hoppas det hjälper.
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