Anyone recently got a child's passport

[Anonymous]

They are quoting 4-6 weeks on the passport website. Did it really take 6 weeks? We are leaving the country 6 weeks from Saturday, but our appointment is not until next Wednesday. Worried I won't make the cutoff. This is a renewal for child's passport that is expired. Anyone have very recent experience?

[Anonymous]

We did it January 6th and got the passports by the end of the month. They also quoted 4-6 weeks. I think if you wait u til 2 weeks before travel you can get it same day at the passport office.

[Anonymous]

It's always taken much shorter than the quoted time. But you can always pay to expedite to be on the safe side.

[Anonymous]

We just got one. I think it took three weeks, although it could've been two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always taken much shorter than the quoted time. But you can always pay to expedite to be on the safe side.

+1

[Anonymous]

so is consensus 5 weeks and 3 business days enough time? don't really want to pay to expedite if don't have to...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so is consensus 5 weeks and 3 business days enough time? don't really want to pay to expedite if don't have to...

They quote you 4-6 weeks because sometimes it takes 6 weeks. Your choice is fairly simple:

1. Don't shell out the extra cash and hope it'll be done in under 6 weeks.
2. Shell out the extra cash and relax knowing it'll be there in time.

[Anonymous]

We did ours in December and it took 6 weeks. Now that could have been for the rush of holiday travel there were a lot of extra passports to process.

[Anonymous]

Did ours the last week of January. New one arrived second week of February! Fastest turnaround we've ever had.

[Anonymous]

We just renewed our kids' passports and I don't remember exact timing but I'm thinking about three weeks. Maybe difference got renewal versus new?

[Anonymous]

For peace of mind I would just pay the expedite fee. My DS passport took 3 weeks, but why risk it?

[Anonymous]

DH took the kids the last week in December and we had the passports by the end of January.

[Anonymous]

1. Don't shell out the extra cash and hope it'll be done in under 6 weeks.
2. Shell out the extra cash and relax knowing it'll be there in time.

This.

[Anonymous]

We did brand new passports for our children (they've never had before). We went 1/17, date of issue was 2/5 and we received them 2/18. We were told 4-6 weeks and got them in 32 days, so pretty close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did brand new passports for our children (they've never had before). We went 1/17, date of issue was 2/5 and we received them 2/18. We were told 4-6 weeks and got them in 32 days, so pretty close.

Oh, and we did them at the Howard County Public Library on Cradlerock in Columbia.