- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
Comments (6)
Print
Save/Share
This Saturday, March 27, is Passport Day. Nationwide, 23 passport offices will be open Saturday for extended hours. Plus, you won't need an appointment to apply for or renew a passport.
Additionally, other facilities will be participating—city halls, post offices, and more. To see the nearest event in your state, check out the government's website or call the National Passport Information Center at 877/487-2778.
If you promised yourself this was the year you were going to take care of your passport, do it on Saturday. As we reported last month, the fees could get more expensive very soon.
Who knows, there might even be balloons and stuff—some of the participating institutions are calling this a "Passport Fair." We'll celebrate anything that makes travel easier, so cheers!
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.
Thanks for posting this notice. I need to renew my passport.
Posted By Barb on March 24, 2010, 4:35 PM
I only have 3 pages, but 6 years left on my passport...can I add pages during the passport fair?
Posted By chris on March 25, 2010, 12:32 PM
Chris, you can add pages by going to the Department of State website at http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Go to Correcting or Changing information, then add pages. If you have 2-4 pages remaining, you can get them added at no charge by mailing in the book and Form DS-4085.
I just renewed our expired passports by mail, so I looked around!
Posted By Sarah on March 25, 2010, 2:12 PM
Thank you so much for providing this information! My husband and I had been trying for months to apply for our passports, but the Passport Agency wouldn't accept the application (according to Travel.gov) unless we were leaving within two weeks, the Passport Acceptance Facilities required either appointments (which were weeks out) or were only open Monday through Friday from 7:30 - 5:00. Since my husband and I work on completely opposite sides of town, getting our passports mid-week wasn't an option.
I got the notice on the Blog about Passport Day on Friday. On Saturday, my hubby and I headed down to the Passport Agency to get the application materials turned in. We waited 5 minutes, talked to some of the friendliest people in Colorado, and will have our passports back in two weeks. Can't wait to start travelling!!!
Thanks again BT!
Posted By Siri Norlin on March 28, 2010, 7:12 PM
Siri Nolan, That's great news. Yay!
Sarah, Thanks for helping out with the tips on the passport pages!
Posted By Blog Editor on March 29, 2010, 9:43 AM
Got the passports last week! It didn't even take a full week to process. Went to the passport facility Saturday and had brand spanking new passports on Friday! Go Colorado Passport Agency!
Posted By Siri on April 6, 2010, 9:52 AM