I renewed my passport and applied for my daughters 1st passport this spring. It took 4 weeks. In fact, my daughter's passport arrived a week earlier. Go figure....
The great thing this go around is I did everything at the local post office. I set up an appointment on the State Dept passport portal. Then head down to the PO for pictures and document verification all at the same time. Very easy, and it seems just about every post office here in Madison, WI offers it. I did not have to go to the larger facility, as in the past.
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