~krakatoa~

Sorry, I got carried away. And thanks for letting me vent.

I also went to a regional passport agency (San Francisco) and paid the expedited fee. I got my passport after a few hours of waiting, went in in the AM to submit my application and picked-up the passport in the afternoon on the same day (the passport card came in the mail 4 days later since they do not manufacture it on site I was told, in SF, YMMV). I was sworn in as a USC on 9/21. My appointment with the regional passport agency was for 9/22 and my flight was on 9/23. YMMV but it's highly possible that you will get it same day like I did.
Good luck and have a safe trip!

I went to the regional passport agency in Hawthorne St., SF with a confirmed itinerary/plane ticket (to get an appointment in a regional passport agency, you must be traveling within the next 14 days and show proof of your travel, my flight was scheduled on 9/23 and I booked an appointment for 9/22 through their automated phone system). I paid the expedited rate and applied also for the passport card. Good luck! I got the phone number and address from the department of state's website. http://travel.state.gov/passport/

I also went to a regional passport agency (San Francisco) and paid the expedited fee. I got my passport after a few hours of waiting, went in in the AM to submit my application and picked-up the passport in the afternoon on the same day (the passport card came in the mail 4 days later since they do not manufacture it on site I was told, in SF, YMMV). I was sworn in as a USC on 9/21. My appointment with the regional passport agency was for 9/22 and my flight was on 9/23. YMMV but it's highly possible that you will get it same day like I did.
Good luck and have a safe trip!

I went to the regional passport agency in Hawthorne St., SF with a confirmed itinerary/plane ticket (to get an appointment in a regional passport agency, you must be traveling within the next 14 days and show proof of your travel, my flight was scheduled on 9/23 and I booked an appointment for 9/22 through their automated phone system). I paid the expedited rate and applied also for the passport card. Good luck! I got the phone number and address from the department of state's website. http://travel.state.gov/passport/

I went to the regional passport agency in Hawthorne St., SF with a confirmed itinerary/plane ticket (to get an appointment in a regional passport agency, you must be traveling within the next 14 days and show proof of your travel, my flight was scheduled on 9/23 and I booked an appointment for 9/22 through their automated phone system). I paid the expedited rate and applied also for the passport card. Good luck! I got the phone number and address from the department of state's website. http://travel.state.gov/passport/

I went to the regional passport agency in Hawthorne St., SF with a confirmed itinerary/plane ticket (to get an appointment in a regional passport agency, you must be traveling within the next 14 days and show proof of your travel, my flight was scheduled on 9/23 and I booked an appointment for 9/22 through their automated phone system). I paid the expedited rate and applied also for the passport card. Good luck! I got the phone number and address from the department of state's website. http://travel.state.gov/passport/

I also went to a regional passport agency (San Francisco) and paid the expedited fee. I got my passport after a few hours of waiting, went in in the AM to submit my application and picked-up the passport in the afternoon on the same day (the passport card came in the mail 4 days later since they do not manufacture it on site I was told, in SF, YMMV). I was sworn in as a USC on 9/21. My appointment with the regional passport agency was for 9/22 and my flight was on 9/23. YMMV but it's highly possible that you will get it same day like I did.
Good luck and have a safe trip!

I also went to a regional passport agency (San Francisco) and paid the expedited fee. I got my passport after a few hours of waiting, went in in the AM to submit my application and picked-up the passport in the afternoon on the same day (the passport card came in the mail 4 days later since they do not manufacture it on site I was told, in SF, YMMV). I was sworn in as a USC on 9/21. My appointment with the regional passport agency was for 9/22 and my flight was on 9/23. YMMV but it's highly possible that you will get it same day like I did.
Good luck and have a safe trip!

I'll tell you what, either I've been hardened by being on the internet way too long, or that was an extremely impressive stretch in order to reach feeling insulted. To lighten the mood, here is a picture of T-Rex. He is scandalized by this thread.

I actually went to my local IRS office and spoke to the head tax adviser and their regional director and was told both times that it was an outdated (and totally phased out) form from many years ago. A stamped, official-looking letter from the IRS containing the tax payer's information showing taxes owed, penalty accrued payment plans etc I was told at another office and over the phone. The same information is included in the account transcript. To better replace 1722, I was given the account transcript, and to better represent my tax returns, I was given the tax return transcript. You can use 4506-T to request a tax return and/or account transcript, and a record of account and verification of non-filing (if applicable).
But I still had to be stubborn and went on to ask for an official looking paper (some IO's are as outdated as these forms, just my thinking then--got a hip IO) , I had his minions print me the "account transcript" data from the computer with their logo and even the computer terminal and database at the bottom. Can't think of anything else to make it official as the director would not give me an official letter, or agree to sign something to my benefit.
Interview came, IO specifically looked at my tax return transcripts and account transcript and dutifully remarked "Oh, I see you just got them recently from IRS... good, good, you come very prepared."
So yes, in my case, the transcripts were sufficient and current enough to his liking. It all depends upon the IO's discretion I digress.

I actually went to my local IRS office and spoke to the head tax adviser and their regional director and was told both times that it was an outdated (and totally phased out) form from many years ago. A stamped, official-looking letter from the IRS containing the tax payer's information showing taxes owed, penalty accrued payment plans etc I was told at another office and over the phone. The same information is included in the account transcript. To better replace 1722, I was given the account transcript, and to better represent my tax returns, I was given the tax return transcript. You can use 4506-T to request a tax return and/or account transcript, and a record of account and verification of non-filing (if applicable).
But I still had to be stubborn and went on to ask for an official looking paper (some IO's are as outdated as these forms, just my thinking then--got a hip IO) , I had his minions print me the "account transcript" data from the computer with their logo and even the computer terminal and database at the bottom. Can't think of anything else to make it official as the director would not give me an official letter, or agree to sign something to my benefit.
Interview came, IO specifically looked at my tax return transcripts and account transcript and dutifully remarked "Oh, I see you just got them recently from IRS... good, good, you come very prepared."
So yes, in my case, the transcripts were sufficient and current enough to his liking. It all depends upon the IO's discretion I digress.

I actually went to my local IRS office and spoke to the head tax adviser and their regional director and was told both times that it was an outdated (and totally phased out) form from many years ago. A stamped, official-looking letter from the IRS containing the tax payer's information showing taxes owed, penalty accrued payment plans etc I was told at another office and over the phone. The same information is included in the account transcript. To better replace 1722, I was given the account transcript, and to better represent my tax returns, I was given the tax return transcript. You can use 4506-T to request a tax return and/or account transcript, and a record of account and verification of non-filing (if applicable).
But I still had to be stubborn and went on to ask for an official looking paper (some IO's are as outdated as these forms, just my thinking then--got a hip IO) , I had his minions print me the "account transcript" data from the computer with their logo and even the computer terminal and database at the bottom. Can't think of anything else to make it official as the director would not give me an official letter, or agree to sign something to my benefit.
Interview came, IO specifically looked at my tax return transcripts and account transcript and dutifully remarked "Oh, I see you just got them recently from IRS... good, good, you come very prepared."
So yes, in my case, the transcripts were sufficient and current enough to his liking. It all depends upon the IO's discretion I digress.

No. You can, however, call the customer service hotline (I know, it's a hit or miss, depends on how you phrase your question really) and ask to speak to an immigration officer or be transferred to a tier 2 rep who can tell you when your interview appointment is, if you have in fact been scheduled. I speak from experience, YMMV. But from my experience, after the online case status changed to "testing and interview", the interview notice arrived in my mailbox within a few days. Again, YMMV when it comes to mail service. By the way, my interview notice arrived from NBC, Missouri.
I think you'll be safe but I strongly suggest you call the misinformation line, and if you don't get transferred to an IO, try calling again at a different time or the next day. Hey, that's what I did both times, got the info ahead of the notices -- for the oath ceremony and the interview appt.
Enjoy your trip!

No. You can, however, call the customer service hotline (I know, it's a hit or miss, depends on how you phrase your question really) and ask to speak to an immigration officer or be transferred to a tier 2 rep who can tell you when your interview appointment is, if you have in fact been scheduled. I speak from experience, YMMV. But from my experience, after the online case status changed to "testing and interview", the interview notice arrived in my mailbox within a few days. Again, YMMV when it comes to mail service. By the way, my interview notice arrived from NBC, Missouri.
I think you'll be safe but I strongly suggest you call the misinformation line, and if you don't get transferred to an IO, try calling again at a different time or the next day. Hey, that's what I did both times, got the info ahead of the notices -- for the oath ceremony and the interview appt.
Enjoy your trip!

No. You can, however, call the customer service hotline (I know, it's a hit or miss, depends on how you phrase your question really) and ask to speak to an immigration officer or be transferred to a tier 2 rep who can tell you when your interview appointment is, if you have in fact been scheduled. I speak from experience, YMMV. But from my experience, after the online case status changed to "testing and interview", the interview notice arrived in my mailbox within a few days. Again, YMMV when it comes to mail service. By the way, my interview notice arrived from NBC, Missouri.
I think you'll be safe but I strongly suggest you call the misinformation line, and if you don't get transferred to an IO, try calling again at a different time or the next day. Hey, that's what I did both times, got the info ahead of the notices -- for the oath ceremony and the interview appt.
Enjoy your trip!

No. You can, however, call the customer service hotline (I know, it's a hit or miss, depends on how you phrase your question really) and ask to speak to an immigration officer or be transferred to a tier 2 rep who can tell you when your interview appointment is, if you have in fact been scheduled. I speak from experience, YMMV. But from my experience, after the online case status changed to "testing and interview", the interview notice arrived in my mailbox within a few days. Again, YMMV when it comes to mail service. By the way, my interview notice arrived from NBC, Missouri.
I think you'll be safe but I strongly suggest you call the misinformation line, and if you don't get transferred to an IO, try calling again at a different time or the next day. Hey, that's what I did both times, got the info ahead of the notices -- for the oath ceremony and the interview appt.
Enjoy your trip!

Thanks Hopp and Kennym. I can't take credit for it. I just don't like to see the forum junked up with logical fallacies.
Here we have the logical fallacy of the "appeal to authority": I have been here for years and therefore I am an expert and you must accept what I say without question. Secondarily, we have the person making the assertion shifting the burden of proof to others, also a logical fallacy. The burden of proof is on the person making the assertion.
All you have shown to me Happy Bunny is zero evidence and logical fallacies. You made the assertion again in this post with no evidence. Repeating your assertion does not make it true. Evidence talks, B.S. walks.
Then you have no reason to bring the subject up at all, let alone make assertions with no evidence. (I am tired of people constantly referring to Martians on this forum. I've studied posts here for years and you can search for it yourself and see how common it is. Boy are they stupid - there are no Martians.)
So that leads us to the question why you would bring up an irrelevant subject if you admit this poster said no such thing.

With all due respect Happy Bunny you create a straw man to argue against, and he doesn't exist. Not one person in my experience here has ever stated they thought the immigrant was merchandise they could discard when they no longer wanted "it".
We can make all kinds of ridiculous distortions out of what people say, and I'm going to show you what you are doing to see how silly it is.
You quoted this post:
Here are equally absurd examples of choosing to interpret that in ways the author did not mean:
I'm tired of people thinking immigrants are airplanes. You cannot fly an immigrant home. You have to buy a commercial airline ticket...
I'm tired of people thinking they can fly X-43A's. They're the quickest way possible at Mach 9.8 and can circle the planet in 3.5 hours, but they do not fly commercial passengers...
I'm tired of people thinking they should fly same-day for five thousand dollars a ticket when they can do a two-week advance notice for one thousand dollars...
See how silly what you are doing is? None of those things are what the author means. It's me choosing to impose an invalid interpretation on it so that I can criticize them.
Again, respectfully, it is utterly trivial that people are not merchandise. Choosing to interpret people's statements that way says more about you than it does about them: much too ready to go out of your way accusing people for something they didn't actually say.
So chill out on this please. Thanks.

Some of us actually like cats, unlike babies.

I'm sorry Melissa, but I have to agree with Julez. You managed to buy a Porsche without asking Julian, why not make your own decision over this? It's your thread not his.

Sweet jaysus, Melissa, but that is pathetic! You can't even decide whether or not to have your own thread closed without Julian's opinion? Give me a break!

If this gets locked, I'm taking it over to Melissa's blog. +1 this post if you're with me.

I read that whole blog, and all I have to say is that Julian and Alex are both DBs playing a game where this poor Melissa is stuck in the middle. He sh!ts on her, lets his friend sh!t on her (which is even more deplorable), and expects his money and 'cute accent' to make up for it. Thusfar, it has worked...however, I hope one of these days, Melissa gets tired of being treated like a pawn and finds someone who really deserves her.
Julian, you sir, are a b@stard.

Melissa, did you even bother to search for the answer to this question? I'm sorry, but you've been on this forum long enough to know that you should search first and ask questions later.