"Otherwise, I would go in person to the closest passport office with ALL documentation including birth certificates etc."

It is likely his birth certificate was taken when the application was submitted so I don't know if he will be able to go that route.

Good luck emd!!!

Actually, try this link. You might be able to get some information on this today.

https://passportstatus.state.gov/opss/OPSS_Status_i.asp

Dear sparerlaw, the old saying that "it is not always what we know but who we know" is so true! You have an ideal situation to get help, please ask for it. We just had a serious family problem and trust me when I say I went to a person who was able to solve it. Best regards!

emd - check out this website: http://www.abriggs.com/passports/new_passport.php I found it on Google. There is an 800# you can call. See if they can handle it for him. Good luck.

Well, LoveItaly, first I'll try the Census thing, then the Affidavit thing, and armed with that information or no information, then the Senator thing (if I can find him on the campaign trail)- and I'll certainly let you know the outcome. Best regards to you too.

You are preaching to the choir. I have a Passport, was planning in 2000 to go the Bahamas but decided against it and even so - glad I still got a valid Passport through 2010 for ID and just if I want to go up north, no hassles. Its really silly for all Americans to not have them. On average its $6/yr. Who can't afford that if you are a travelling person in anyway?

emd, please keep us posted on how this turns out! I've got my fingers crossed for your husband!

emd, remembering your DH & DS in our prayers. God is still performing miracles!

Please keep us posted~

So let us know what happened?????

This sorta happened to my brother a few years ago. He moved in the process of getting his passport. Three days before his trip he frantically called all the local passport offices. Believe it or not, he was able to get an appointment in Boston on a Saturday to get it. However, his was a renewal so he brought his old one with him.

I would tell you husband to call every office within driving distance or train distance.

Best of luck...

Ok, here's the current update.

Apparently my husband had already called the number suggested above about getting the request changed to expedited- he called that number on Monday (before I posted) but it was already late afternoon and the person he spoke with said no one would look at his request until Wed. due to the Tues July 4 holiday. So yesterday morning he got on the phone and pleaded w/them to extra-expedite it. He spoke to a sympathetic man who said he would take care of it due to the sensitive date (which had alreqdy been "flagged"), and he promised that the new passport (which is a renewal BTW, so old one was sent in w/the request) would be Fed Exed to our house for Friday delivery (tomorrow).

My husband tried to get appts. in two different passport offices within driving distance of the football camp in New Jersey that he is at today but
no openings. However, this man at the passport line sounded like it is a done deal, it is coming Fed Ex on Friday.

So now he is waiting to see if it comes on Friday. He said the man sounded confident and more sure of himself than anyone else he had spoken with. So hopefully it will come Fed Ex tomorrow. I'll post back tomorrow.

emd...Hope things turn out perfect.Expedite..Expedite..Expedite...12.50 FedEx to Pittsburgh...12.50 FedEx to LA..60.00 Expedite Fee...85.00/10years = 8.50 per year, 71cents per month....You do the math.

emd, call your local FedEx office and have them flag the delivery and pick it up yourself instead.

Yikes, but good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

A few years ago we planned a trip to Ireland with another couple who both dragged their feet getting their passports. They ended up sitting in the passport office in D.C. the entire day before we left, but they did get them.

Sparkerlaw,
This may be a long shot but try Ancestry.com. They have complete census records going back about 150 years-not that you would need records going back that far! But in the early part of the century the census was taken by hand, door to door so there is a chance your husband's family will be there.

I have done a lot of research on ancesters in Georgia and have found everyone I was looking for in the census records-including my mother who is about your husband's age and grew up in a small town in south Georgia.

Another posibility would be death records, if survivors are listed.

Let me know if I can help you it.

My passport expires in July 07. I have no overseas plans until Sp 07. Should I renew it now or wait a few months?

Thanks.

I'm in the same boat with family passports and will wait till the start of 2007 to renew. Plenty of time before travel and passports are still valid.

I hope you made a note of the FedEx Tracking number. If not, call back immediately and request it from the clerk.

I think you can renew your passport a couple of years after it expires but you will not be able to use an expired passport.

How can you renew an expired passport?

Everyone should have a passport. You will need them everywhere within the next couple of years. Why wait?