NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/travel/17111

Text File | 1992-12-31 | 1.6 KB | 36 lines

Newsgroups: rec.travel
Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!kodak!batten
From: [e-mail] (James Batten)
Subject: Re: Expiring Passport
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 21:49:01 GMT
Lines: 25

Just wanted to add my experience. A few years back my family planned a trip to
Korea... My children and I went to the local court house and filled out the
needed paperwork, they then sent it to NYC for processing. Two weeks later
it was in our mailbox..

   My wife on the other hand presented a special problem, she was a soon to be
US citizen. We had purchased our tickets so we would have close to a month
after the great event to get all the needed paperwork. Of course the obvious
happened, the ceremony was rescheduled for just three days prior to flight
time.

   We went to the court house right after she was sworn in and asked what
could be done, they filled out the paperwork, put it into a sealed
envalope, called someone at NYC.. told us to go to the postoffice, purchase
two express mail envalopes, address one to the person they had talked to in
care of the NYC office, the other to our home, then mail the paperwork and
return envelope out. We got her passport in less than 48 hours.

  As one poster said, these people CAN be jerks... but then again.

Try just talking to the clerks and see what can be done. One thing they told
us was that the winter months are rather slow as far as passport requests go
so they tend to get processed faster..

best of luck.