lyonsden1193

Perhaps Cameron and Obama would be better served getting their civil servants to be more efficient. Instead we get live uninterrupted coverage on the Comedy News Network of the lovefest press conference. I am not a major conspiracy theorist but something smells... and it ain't my new passport!!

ian-mstm

You can send him a PM, but he doesn't accept emails. http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=93085.

Ian

Bob

Via PM, on BE, sure....hundreds of posts from the chap, or telling others out to reach him...there's even the sticked passport thread up top in the US forum.

akatomw

OK

Thanks folks

I have PM'd him.

And I will take a deep breath and remain patient and vigilant.

AmerLisa

Another one (well husband) waiting, with almost exactly the same timeline......

trinbrit

My first time posting so excuse me if im messing up.

I am too trying to find out info if there is a delay in passport services.

But in these times we live in i guess that the security chks may be taking a lil longer but people are right they did say 4-6 weeks.

My app arrived in washington recieved Apr 4th,payment taken out from visa May 15th / 16th and today is 26th is it much longer? also do they call or email you first? just so i might know if to look out for something hahaha

where are my manners.......good morning everybody.

AmerLisa

I have heard, from a reputable source, that its going to take 6 to 8 weeks after they charge your credit card.

And good morning back.

trinbrit

wow so that means it would take.....till around the 4th july ish thats about 14 or so work weeks they must be bogged down makes you wonder if they had a pay for faster delivery button i could have hit,tanx so much for that atleast i have some type of time frame......do they write to you or call you to say its left and on its way and with maybe a tracting number etc.
sorry bout the tons of questions but you just eased my 'wheres wally (passport)' question hahahaha

stixng

trinbrit, I received my daughter's 1st passport back 13 weeks from the time I mailed it in. 9 weeks after our credit card had been charged and a week after i put a call into Careline. Careline had said that the peeps in Washington would be contacting me to let me know the status but I never received any call or email.

trinbrit

OK so basically i am at there mercy,thats ok i guess we really dont know the situation there at their office so i would want to make a guess on what could be the prob of whay its not taking the 4 to 6 wks quote.
Should i even bother calling the careline or would i just be wasting money? i can wait....i guess.

trinbrit

Thank you by the way amerlisa and stixng

akatomw

Thank you all for the comments and posting your actual wait times for the passport to arrive.

I pledge to let everyone know when my passport finally arrives.
It has now been almost 7 weeks since my credit card was charged back on April 6.

sir_eccles

Reading all this, I think it's shocking how downhill the service has gone so quickly. I recall renewing my passport at the end of 2008. I mailed it to the consulate at DC and got my new passport back in two weeks and this was during Xmas time too.

ian-mstm

Alas, delivery isn't the issue. It's the waiting time while your application gets to the top of the pile on the guy's desk.

Ian

PandG

Thanks! That's useful info since my daughters 1st passport app has been going 10 weeks this Friday. Luckily not in a rush for it, but holy cow, this is insane.