Anyone ever done a passport agency appointment?

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Anyone ever gone to a passport agency appointment? I'm wondering if they print your passport while you're there so you can walk out with it.

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I have done it. Had lunch downtown while I waited.

You will get your passport that day. You just have to pay the $200-250 for it. I don't remember the exact amount.

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if they print your passport while you're there so you can walk out with it.

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I've got a few friends who have done this, so I believe it, since they were able to travel with us, but I have never seen any official info that admits they will do anything quicker than overnight it to you.

ETA: It's also one of those situations where it's not really clear how you might get a same day appointment, since they always seem to "officially" be booked up.

I did the same day passport in Nola, you have to have all of your documents and pictures with you. Went in the morning, went to lunch, went back and picked up the passport. Have to have proof of international travel within a few days as well

I just had to do this last Friday due to international travel for work. If you were able to get an appointment in New Orleans good for you I had to make a trip to El Paso just to get passport. All you need is all your paperwork and proof of international travel and they will have it ready for you in about two or three hours.

No, but you can. Here is how to works for New Orleans Passport office. Call the # to schedule an appointment. You may wait up to three hours on hold to make the appointment. You MUST have some sort of international reservation within the next three days and proof to make appointment.

Good luck.

Just wanted to follow up post-passport appointment in NOLA.

Ended up getting the passport in one day. However, plan to allocate the entire day away from work. Appointment was @9:00AM. Driving from Baton Rouge, expect massive traffic in NOLA. Show up with all the required documents in an organized folder. Wait for ~30 minutes in line at the very DMV-like office. Present documents, get waiting number, wait for another ~30 minutes, get called up, sign forms, pay bill. You'll then be asked to return to the office after 2:30PM. It was too risky to drive back to BR for a couple hours of work. I returned to the office at 2:30PM and was called by the lady at the desk to get my fresh new passport at 3:15PM.

It all happens in one day but, like I said, plan to spend the entire day in NOLA.

Thanks again for all the input. I was as prepared as I could have been. Hopefully this thread helps someone else down the road if searched

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Anyone ever gone to a passport agency appointment?

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I've done that for work before because we can't do the normal wait time to get it renewed, we get it the same day but if they say it won't be ready until...whatever time, that's when you're getting it, doesn't matter if you/re the only person in the building trying to get a renewal