maybe i purposefully made you not have a passport, so you couldnt get into the country

did you ever think of that?

obviously not

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No, I didn't think of that, because that would have been tantamount to wasting the energy to consider the possibility that you would possess the sorcerous powers and/or higher brain function necessary to ensure such a result. More likely, given the circumstances, it's the US State Department's taking 8 fucking weeks to get a passport to a deployed soldier overseas that is the root cause.

I blame Australia for even requiring passports. Aren't they part of America, too?

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The estimate that I got last week was,

Expedited, show up in person in Houston 6 - 8 weeks (coworker got stranded there for 3 days last week, printer was broken couldn't print passports)
Normal, 6+ months

Stay safe!

Note to US citizens: Get your passports, one of your few inalienable rights left.

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Originally posted by mwaldron The estimate that I got last week was, Expedited, show up in person in Houston 6 - 8 weeks (coworker got stranded there for 3 days last week, printer was broken couldn't print passports) Normal, 6+ months Stay safe! Note to US citizens: Get your passports, one of your few inalienable rights left.

holy shit. i need additional pages since only three blanks remain. i wonder if it's the same timeframe i don't like my passport out of hand for that long!

Since you actually travel abroad, I have found it much easier to get everything done at the Consulates or Embassy while abroad. Citizen Services Section, will usually add pages or give you a new passport "while you wait", this hasn't been tested since the new regs. that are causing such a delay, but it is worth a look into.

mw

Just reread your post (ADD is a bitch) pages added while you wait $10 US.

i appreciate the heads-up about the consulates and embassies. looks like i need a quickie down to houston...

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Originally posted by mwaldron Since you actually travel abroad, I have found it much easier to get everything done at the Consulates or Embassy while abroad. Citizen Services Section, will usually add pages or give you a new passport "while you wait", this hasn't been tested since the new regs. that are causing such a delay, but it is worth a look into. mw Just reread your post (ADD is a bitch) pages added while you wait $10 US.

THis is true. I had to get a replacement about 5 years ago whilst in Germany and they obliged me with no problems. To get a replacement in the states would have taken much more time.

Holy shat. I had to take my grandfather to Germany for an emergency business trip and I expedited my passport. I got it in 1 week. That was about two years ago. Why is it pushed so far out now?

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Originally posted by Progress Ent. Holy shat. I had to take my grandfather to Germany for an emergency business trip and I expedited my passport. I got it in 1 week. That was about two years ago. Why is it pushed so far out now?

cause there's now a mandate that americans travel internationally with passports and most people waited 'til the last minute, resulting in a flooding of the system.

Global Terror?

We should get out of Nathan's thread though.

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Originally posted by mwaldron We should get out of Nathan's thread though.

Nope.