OTOH, kudos to the State Dept.

[Wags]

Got my new passport in the mail today, 12 days after mailing in the old one with the paperwork. Thought it was gonna take 6 weeks.

[rgG]

I need to do that.

[Speedy]

Yes, they are very quick. Must have been all those folks they hired for the initial onslaught a few years ago. Don't pay for the expedited processing.

[cbelt3]

Mrs cbelt3 got here in 11 days . Amazing.

Mine took a YEAR.
( lost in Katrina when the processing center in NO flooded)

[RgrF]

Nice to hear. The kid just applied for his first for the HS senior Europe trip in March.

[Paul F.]

It varies widely... mine took two months in 2011, but a buddy just got his in a little over two weeks.