Sorry, I need to vent.....
About 5 months ago I applied for a passport and I still do not have it. The other day I decided to call the passport office. I have called before but they only let you talk to someone if you are travelling within two weeks. This time, I called and lied and said I was traveling on Sept. 30th. They told me I will be receiving a letter in the mail claiming I need to prove I am who I am and that I am a US citizen. It took them 5 months to send me this information. I thought okay no big deal, that was until I got the letter.
The US passport office is making me provide 5 forms of ID, list every place I have ever lived, every job I have ever had, every school I have ever attended, and list my families name, birth date, and where they were born.
Thanks to Melissa getting a jump on this it didn't take me as long as the normal person but it was time consuming (Thank God I'm 31 and not 75!). I mean do you know every place you lived and the years you lived there. The most difficult thing to do was the 5 forms of ID. Luckily for me I have an out of state drivers license and a state ID. I also used my social security card and a year book picture (with a copy of the cover). The last form of ID was a copy of my signature/dated contract for my mortgage.
I had to go send this Fed Ex and pay $25 to ship this out. This is such bullshit that I had to go through all of this. It would have been one thing if I would have found this out after 2 months but 5 months later. Keep in mind that this is all after I asked the passport guy if I should rush my passport and he of course said "no you'll get it in pleanty of time to fly to Canada for your wedding". Ummm...no...not so much!
I wonder how long it will take to get my passport now. What a joke.
8 years ago
6 comments:
What a crock! I think it took us about 3 months to get ours and then we didn't really need them. When do you need them by? Sorry it's such a hassle.
Wow! No wonder so few people in the states have a passport!
Wow! That sucks!
It's funny, you are about the 5th horrible passport story I've heard in the last month or so. What is going on??!?!
DUDE!! That sucks!!! I hate bureacracy!!!
FYI- KEEP THAT LIST! You'll need it if you ever have to/get to do a second parent adoption.
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