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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish we had them for our kids. We missed out on a trip last year because it was less than 2 weeks out. They're just too expensive to pay for every 5 years for kids. That means I'd need to pay 4x ($115 x4= $460) for their passports before they're 18 and can get the 10 year passport. I'm sure when they're teens they'll come with us more, but as a baby and a toddler we don't take them with us overseas.[/quote]

Heads up that you can expedite and super expedite passports for kids and could have made the trip trip. Although it adds on the $$$$.   The PITA is that both parents have to take the kids to the appointment. But there are post offices with walking in hours. And when we had to get our kids passports at the last minute (and renew mine), and we’re both work, with kids in school, we were able to do it to the Alexandria public library on a Sunday without an appointment.  We expedited, but not the super expedited. DS and I had ours back in about 2 weeks. DD would have, except we transposed her SSN and had to send in follow up paperwork.

Mostly, be aware of the Alexandria library, because it was the only place we found in the DMV with weekend hours.  And kept both parents from missing work and both kids from missing school. [/quote]

PP here. That's another thing. Both parents have to be present to get a passport for a minor. We prefer to just leave our kids behind when we travel for now though.[/quote]

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