baby passports

Natty13umppo · August 2012

I know a few of you have already taken your LOs out of the country. How long did it take you to get passports?? Anybody have to expedite?

We have a new opportunity to take a vacation in about a month or so and I wonder if thinking about non-US options is even a possibility. Bummed that we can't even go to Canada w/o a passport.

smilelari · August 2012

Turn around was pretty darn fast on passports. Seemed like it was 2 weeks without expediting. We applied in mid-Dec for a passport for a trip for early Feb and had it with plenty of time to spare.

Heck, my sister's hubby got a passport last week. He had to go directly to the passport office for super speedy expediting, but he became a citizen on Tuesday and had a passport on Thursday. Today he's in Brazil.

I would go down to the post office and just ask how long is typical right now.

magel050485 · August 2012

I would ask at the post office. It may vary by region/ area that is processing your application. I have friends that have gotten them within a month but around here it seems to take 12 weeks, expedited is still 6-8 weeks.

lovesjm · August 2012

You might want to check my facts on this one, because I am just going on hearsay here, but I have heard that babies can travel between the US and Canada with just a birth certificate IF you are travelling by car, foot or boat. We live close to the border so travel to the US is common among my friends. We went ahead and got her a passport when she was very young just to avoid any hassles. I know that you can rush passports in Canada as soon as next day, at a price. Not sure if that's true there, or how much it might cost though!

Good Luck!

alyss0nl · August 2012

You would have to expedite the passports since it is such a short time away. We went to Europe June 2 and received his passport April 16. We applied for it I think the third week of March.

Allibob · August 2012

I just went yesterday and submitted LO's application. We're leaving for Mexico in 6 weeks (+ 2 days), and the clerk told me that they typically arrive in 2-3 weeks. The official timeframe is 4-6 weeks, so I decided to risk it and not expedite. I would just call your local post office and ask them. Worst case, you should be able to pay for rush processing and still get it in at least 2 weeks, I believe.

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