How long does it take to get a passport?

[XemaSab]

I want to go to Canada. :(

[Wapsie B]

1. 4-6 weeks if they're expedient and you have all the needed documentation.

[mnhtnbb]

2. I think there's an expedited process available for extra $$. check the website

http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

[Wapsie B]

3. Yes there is and even though you pay a nice fee for it the service works.

[pitohui]

4. my last renewal only took about 2 weeks, the long lag time is apparently over

it shouldn't take long, maybe a bit longer if you've never had one before

they were having long delays a couple years ago but it seems to be all fixed now

[CTyankee]

7. I agree. I had a bad problem, having come home from northern Italy w/o my original

passport (my wallet was stolen in Turin). It was the least of my trauma. I got my new passport w/i 3 weeks. They've got people working on it. This was last summer.

[mwooldri]

9. Delays due to the new passport having those microchips.

UK Embassy is having those difficulties right now, and they're delayed about 6-8 weeks.

Mark.

[Red State Rebel]

5. Mine took just over 1 week and that wasn't expedited....

[OhioChick]

6. Same here... n/t

[underseasurveyor]

11. Yea 8 days for mine.

A first timer too :-)

[mwooldri]

8. 2 business days if you pay megabucks or go to DC yourself.

If you go the usual route and non expedited, 4 weeks is about the norm. My wife did a mail renewal of hers and she was turned around in about 2 weeks. My son was about a week and a bit longer, because we had to go to a Post Office to do it for him (even a renewal) because we needed to be in front of some government official apparently.

They also send you your old passports back - primarily just in case you have any visas that haven't expired from another country... but we're on visa-free travel anyway, so just a bookfull of stamps and memories.

Mark.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Blackmail your senator, and have it hand-delivered tomorrow morning