Okay, I apologize if this is a repetitive question...my brother is travelling within the U.S. in 2 weeks. He has no driver's license and his passport has long since expired. If I understand the rules correctly, he will need a state issued photo id to board the plane...meaning one of the two above. Is there a way to renew a passport within 2 weeks? If so, how, where...?
Thanks!!
Sheri

Sheri,

I just renewed my passport this year and I still have the paperwork. The post office can process the passport with an "Expedited Service" within 2 weeks. It is an additional cost of $60 for expediting and express mail fees.

You can call the post office main line 1-800-275-8777 for a location close to your brother.

There is also a website http://travel.state.gov/passport_expedite

Let me know if I can help further. Wish your brother good luck for me.

Cyndi

He can get an expedited passport renewal if his passport was issued within the past 15 years. Here is the link to the info at the State Department:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get_renew.html

About half way down the page it has a link to more info on expedited service. I did this last year (got an expedited passport renewal) and it took a little over 2 weeks, but I didn't send it by next day or second day mail. If he needs it in 2 weeks it may be a bit tight but he can try. It also costs an extra $60 plus shipping costs.

Good Luck!!!
Bill

He can go directly to a passport office and do it.

The Passport office has a website:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/

where you can find all the information.

Look at all those simultaneous responses!

WOW!! You guys are the best...fast too!! :D
Thanks!!!!
I will get on to this immediately. I think he actually has 2 weeks and 2 days, so it will be cutting it as close as it can possibly get, but it just may work!

LCT is certainly the place to go for help!!! It's great!!

Cyndi :lct:

People get back to you so fast, it's almost like getting live help!! :)

So true. In fact, I think it almost took me longer to get out my paperwork than it did for the others to reply. They must be really organized!! Now that is another thread to get going someday :D :D

Sheri - I just renewed my passport about a month ago, using the expedited service option (for which you pay about $60., as I recall, plus the FedEx or other overnight service fee). I sent my current passport and renewal application out via overnight FedEx on Monday and received the new one on Friday! It is a great service. Here is the website with the details: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get_processing.html. The key is to send the application in via an overnight service and provide the passport office an overnight prepaid return bill of lading to use to send the passport back to your brother. With this service, he certainly should be able to complete the project within a week or so. Cheers, Fred

Sheri, I have used this service more than a couple of times for my kids. It has never taken more than 4-6 days, even though they say two weeks for expedited service. Like Fred said, the secret is the overnight mail thing.

Also, here in Maryland you can get a state "ID" card without having a license at the Motor Vehicles Administration's local office. But that requires a birth certificate, which can be gotten on the spot at the local health department.

What would I do without you guys???
Thanks for all the wonderful info!!
Sheri

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. There could be another way around this without going through the time and expense of getting a passport renewed. Many Department of Motor Vehicle offices issue ID cards that are accepted as state-issued photo ID's. My 80-year-old mother-in-law has one. These should be easily obtained at your local DMV office. The expired passport could be used for identification to get the ID. A driver's license and/or a passport are not required to travel on planes within the US. But I do feel you should have a passport if there's the slightest chance you may travel outside the US. Tom.