Takoma Park town hall. It was great.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made an on-line appointment with the post office. Had them do the photos. Both parents had to be there. Was quick and easy. Did not request expedited service and got the passports in the mail 10 days later.

If you have an appointment, you won't be there all day!

Sorry for the exaggeration of all day. It is more of an all day affair from a not being able to have the adults work.
Drop off at school 1
Drop off at school 2
Pick up at school 1 90 minutes later
Pick up at school 2 90 minutes later
Go to post office - wait and get 4 passport processed
Drop kids at school #1 and #2

Drive to work.

Why wouldn't you just skip the first four steps, take the kids to the 9:00 a.m. appointment slot.... drop them off at school by 10:00 and be on your way with your day.

+1. Some people go out of their way to make life hard. I wouldn’t take my kid to school for 90 minutes, and it’s 1/2 mile away!

Jeez, right?!? Turn in some cartoons while you get dressed, then go to the library, post office, wherever.

OP, I bet you have anxiety issues.

Anonymous wrote:Save time and money and do the pictures yourself at home. You don't need anything special- just a well lit blank white wall as background. Any modern smartphone camera is more than adequate with good lighting.

Use this site to properly size the picture. It creates a 4x6 size jpg file to print out 5 copies you can cut out.

http://www.epassportphoto.com/95/Free/United%20States/Passport/step1

Not everyone keeps photo quality paper at home. Not everyone knows a bad photo when they see it. State Dept can be very picky about photos.

For some, this would save a few bucks and not much time. For most people, it wouldn't save anything.

Save time and money and do the pictures yourself at home. You don't need anything special- just a well lit blank white wall as background. Any modern smartphone camera is more than adequate with good lighting.

Use this site to properly size the picture. It creates a 4x6 size jpg file to print out 5 copies you can cut out.

http://www.epassportphoto.com/95/Free/United%20States/Passport/step1

We did Saturday appointment at the Glebe Road 22204 post office in Arlington recently. It was a bit of a shit show as they were severely understaffed and also were not able to take the photos as I had planned due to a computer malfunction. We had to leave to get photos done at a CVS but they let us come back same day even after our slot had passed. In the end it took us 90 minutes (that includes the side trip to CVS and waiting upon our return). If we had brought our own photos we would have been in and out in 30 minutes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made an on-line appointment with the post office. Had them do the photos. Both parents had to be there. Was quick and easy. Did not request expedited service and got the passports in the mail 10 days later.

If you have an appointment, you won't be there all day!

Sorry for the exaggeration of all day. It is more of an all day affair from a not being able to have the adults work.
Drop off at school 1
Drop off at school 2
Pick up at school 1 90 minutes later
Pick up at school 2 90 minutes later
Go to post office - wait and get 4 passport processed
Drop kids at school #1 and #2

Drive to work.

Oh Lordie. You must find life so complicated.

Why do you avoid the post office? We've had two baby passports done at ours, and it's been really easy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made an on-line appointment with the post office. Had them do the photos. Both parents had to be there. Was quick and easy. Did not request expedited service and got the passports in the mail 10 days later.

If you have an appointment, you won't be there all day!

Sorry for the exaggeration of all day. It is more of an all day affair from a not being able to have the adults work.
Drop off at school 1
Drop off at school 2
Pick up at school 1 90 minutes later
Pick up at school 2 90 minutes later
Go to post office - wait and get 4 passport processed
Drop kids at school #1 and #2

Drive to work.

Why wouldn't you just skip the first four steps, take the kids to the 9:00 a.m. appointment slot.... drop them off at school by 10:00 and be on your way with your day.

+1. Some people go out of their way to make life hard. I wouldn’t take my kid to school for 90 minutes, and it’s 1/2 mile away!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We made an on-line appointment with the post office. Had them do the photos. Both parents had to be there. Was quick and easy. Did not request expedited service and got the passports in the mail 10 days later.

If you have an appointment, you won't be there all day!

Sorry for the exaggeration of all day. It is more of an all day affair from a not being able to have the adults work.
Drop off at school 1
Drop off at school 2
Pick up at school 1 90 minutes later
Pick up at school 2 90 minutes later
Go to post office - wait and get 4 passport processed
Drop kids at school #1 and #2

Drive to work.

Why wouldn't you just skip the first four steps, take the kids to the 9:00 a.m. appointment slot.... drop them off at school by 10:00 and be on your way with your day.