Passport office affected by shutdown?

[Liz Lime 2]

Hi all,

I had my citizenship ceremony last week. 

I have an appointment to apply for an expedited passport based on travel (early January) next week. If the government shuts down on Friday, will the passport offices be closed for those of us with booked travel as well? 

What else closes? I need to do my social security update as well before my trip. 

Thanks. 

[ch3john 308]

5 minutes ago, Liz Lime said:

Hi all,

I had my citizenship ceremony last week. 

I have an appointment to apply for an expedited passport based on travel (early January) next week. If the government shuts down on Friday, will the passport offices be closed for those of us with booked travel as well? 

What else closes? I need to do my social security update as well before my trip. 

Thanks. 

Passport office will be open if there is a shutdown. 

[Hypnos 6,576]

They are generally open but there may be additional processing time.

[Liz Lime 2]

On 12/18/2018 at 11:30 PM, Hypnos said:

They are generally open but there may be additional processing time.

 

On 12/18/2018 at 10:00 PM, ch3john said:

Passport office will be open if there is a shutdown. 

Thanks!

[CarlHamilton 252]

On 12/18/2018 at 10:54 PM, Liz Lime said:

 I need to do my social security update as well before my trip. 

 

Why?

[JonnyO 4]

Passport office is fine. I submitted mine during the shutdown and 4 days later I got confirmation that my passport is being printed. I paid for expedited service. 

[Liz Lime 2]

On 12/27/2018 at 11:05 AM, CarlHamilton said:

Why?

 I need to update my social security status because I changed my name and they said that I needed an ID with my old name on it (valid ID being state ID or US passport) and my only US ID with my old name is my driver's license. So update social security status + name change, then update driver's license. DL has to be updated within 30 days.

[WaterLeaf 201]

4 hours ago, Liz Lime said:

 I need to update my social security status because I changed my name and they said that I needed an ID with my old name on it (valid ID being state ID or US passport) and my only US ID with my old name is my driver's license. So update social security status + name change, then update driver's license. DL has to be updated within 30 days.

That's true. Good job!

[DR_509 1]

They will be open because they are a fee-based service and don't entirely run on government money.