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by timfountain » Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:56 pm
Here's my tale of woe. For those of you in the US, I'm afraid the shit show that is the USPS is going to be your main source of concern. I applied for my PP on Nov 4th, docs were received Nov 9th. I got my first "we can't contact your witness" around mid January, due to my dentist not being available when they called.
My next witness was a MSC EE who is an 'engineer' and an PE. $85 to FEDEX for another witness form. But that was rejected as there is a discrepancy between what the form says - just "Engineer" and what the website says - "Chartered Engineer". PE is equivalent to a chartered engineer but again, no-go and another $85 to FEDEX and third time was a charm - with a public notary, who was called for verification.
My passport and passport card were finally mailed on Feb 24th and I thought ok, I'll get them in a few weeks. Oh no. both docs (PP and PP card) were mailed separately. Both arrived at the USPS ISC in NY on Feb 26th. And sat there for 5.5 weeks with no updates to tracking. I finally got my passport book on April 13th. But 11 days later (April 24th) and no sign of the passport card, no updates to tracking, no nothing. And on Saturday 26th it will be exactly 2 months since they were mailed, which is the amount of time I was advised to wait before I could file a lost item report with the passport office. Just a stressful end to a very long and arduous journey....
The stupid thing is there is no option to use any other delivery service. I would have very willingly paid $100 to get these FEDEX'd....
