My wife received her U.S. Passport today just two days over 1 month after she applied at a local Post Office and her Naturalization Certificate was returned.
Couple things, her status never appeared with the online application check, but they got right back to us with an e-mail inquiry. The other is the postage is a big ripoff. When she applying we wrote two checks. One for $67.00 to Passport Services and one for $30.00 to USPS. The passport came in a regular Priority Mail envolope and I think those are $4.50.
Now will apply for the kid's passport and that's IT.
Full Version: Passport Received
CONGRATULATIONS! for the arrival of your wife US passport.
felt sad with the rip-off, i guess since from the start of every process sometimes we've been ripped-off 
Goodluck for the kid's though! god bless!-rebelheart-
Congratulations........ cant wait for my turn...
Kezzie
Kezzie
QUOTE(rebelheart @ Oct 28 2006, 01:32 PM) 
CONGRATULATIONS! for the arrival of your wife US passport. felt sad with the rip-off, i guess since from the start of every process sometimes we've been ripped-off Goodluck for the kid's though! god bless!-rebelheart-
At least for the US$97, you get TEN years validity.
In contrast to Canadians who must spend C$85 to get only FIVE.
Congratulations on your wife's passport and best of luck on the kid's now.
Mary
Mary
QUOTE(mdyoung @ Oct 28 2006, 12:18 PM)
My wife received her U.S. Passport today just two days over 1 month after she applied at a local Post Office and her Naturalization Certificate was returned.
Couple things, her status never appeared with the online application check, but they got right back to us with an e-mail inquiry. The other is the postage is a big ripoff. When she applying we wrote two checks. One for $67.00 to Passport Services and one for $30.00 to USPS. The passport came in a regular Priority Mail envolope and I think those are $4.50.
Now will apply for the kid's passport and that's IT.
Actually the $30 you paid the USPS wasn't for postage.. it was their fee for processing and collecting the info for your passport. If you had applied at your local county courthouse, they would have collected the same $30 fee.
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