US Passport renewal time

[dlndavid]

Ok my passport was going to expire in April 06.
I sent it in 4 weeks ago, standard service, which is supposed to take 6 weeks.
In the mean time a trip I was planning to the Philippines settled in at a Mar 5th departure.
Mar 4th is the 6 week point, 2 weeks from now. Do any of you have some average times to expect a renewed passport, or can I switch my renewal to an expedited level.
Thanks in advance for your input. And I have looked into expedited services in my area, but the process is already started and don't know if they can help at this point.
Nervously waiting for my passport.

 

[eponym]

My wife renewed hers last year and IIRC it came in a bit before the 6-week mark.

 

[Charlie99]

My wife and I mailed ours in for renewal the January 5th of this year. The new ones have an issue date of January 26. IIRC, they were sent in a priority mail flat with postmark that same day or a day later. (We didn't actually receive them until the first Tuesday of Feb, but that's because we used a private mailbox address as the "send to" address, and the contents of the mailbox only get shipoped to us once a week.)

Good Luck and keep your fingers crossed!

 

[dlndavid]

I put the renewal in the mail the 20th and the check cleared the 30th, I hope they're doing their job.

 

[buckeye_jeff]

Mine arrived in about 4 1/2 weeks from when I sent it in. They are doing a great job of turning them around.

 

[dlndavid]

Thanks Jeff, love your sig.

 

[MoonWrasse]

I used the expedited service when I renewed mine last fall. Took 1-2 weeks, as promised. I payed the extra just to avoid the stress even though I sent it in 6+ weeks prior to departure.

You can check your status online - you might want to see if it has already been processed.

 

[cinder4320]

You can both check your status online and I think change it to expedited. Its a national website and you only need your SS# and name.

Miranda

 

[dlndavid]

Thanks MoonWrasse and Miranda, I didn't know you could check status online.
And yeah, I should have expedited mine, the stress ain't worth it.

 

[baydive20]

http://www.travel.state.gov/