Expedited Passports

Usually, getting passport service  is a fairly straightforward process. You fill out a passport application at a passport acceptance facility (often a post office, library, or County Clerk’s office) and provide them with the following documents to send to the Department of State along with your application:

• Proof of US Citizenship (such as a previously issued passport, a birth certificate, a Certificate of Citizenship or a Naturalization Certificate)
• Proof of identity (such as a driver’s license or state-issued ID)
• A photocopy of your proof of identity
• 2 passport photos
• The appropriate fees.

However, for 86-year-old Katherine Young, getting passport service wasn’t that easy.  When she applied for a passport, she had long ago lost her birth certificate.  Usually, this is not a problem-you can simply purchase another copy from the Department of Vital Records in the state you were born in. Or, if you are in a big hurry, you can pay an extra fee to have the Department of State look up your birth record for you. For more information, see How to Get a Passport Quickly Without a Birth Certificate.

Unfortunately for Katherine Young, who needed a passport to go on a Caribbean cruise with her son, the South Carolina Department of Vital Records didn’t have a copy of her birth certificate on file.  And, she was the only surviving sibling in her family.

Don’t worry, this story does have a happy ending: Mrs. Young’s congressman’s office was able to help her obtain passport service, tracking down a 103-year-old woman from her hometown in South Carolina who remembered when she was born. The woman signed an affidavit, the State Department accepted it as proof Katherine Young was born in the US, and she was issued a passport in time to go on the cruise.

If you have all of the documents you need to apply and just need to speed up the application process, RushMyPassport.com can help. Our easy-to-use checklist makes it simple to fill out the paperwork and assemble the necessary documents. Then, once you send them to us, we deliver them by hand to the Department of State, to be processed in as little as 24 hours.

Apply for passport service with us today!

St Patrick’s Day is less than a month away.  In America, that means several things:

• If you don’t wear green, your friends will revel in tormenting you with “good-natured” pinches
• There will be an abundance of cheap green beer.
• After drinking much cheap green beer, perfectly reasonable adults will put on cheap green leprechaun hats and walk around shouting “Kiss me, I’m Irish!”

Not that all of that isn’t fun, of course, but this year, why not do something different? Trade your green beer for a pint of Guinness and witness the mother of all St. Patrick’s day celebrations in Ireland! In Dublin, it’s more like St. Patrick’s Day week, with a full 6 days of events planned. And yes, there will be beer, but there will also be music, plays and other celebrations of Irish culture. Better yet, most of the events are free!

To help you plan your trip, DoChara has an excellent list of things to do in Ireland, including eating black pudding, visiting a bog and more!

Of course, if you want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish, you need to apply for passport services now. Currently, it’s taking about 3 weeks to get your passport if you apply directly with the US Passport Agency. Since St. Patrick’s Day is almost here, a better option would be to use a private passport expediting service to submit your application.

With expedited passport services, you can get your passport fast-in some cases, in as little as 24 hours! So, what are you waiting for? Order rush passport service now and book your St. Patrick’s Day adventure with confidence!