[Northerner52]

WOW. Standard service. Good time to renew. Free Passport photos with AAA membership

[retiredguy123]

I think the expedited service has always been a ripoff. You pay a lot of money and don't get the passport any faster.

[Stu from NYC]

No idea that AAA offered free photos.

Local companies around here are ripoffs for the pictures.

[Northerner52]

With Plus membership.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

No idea that AAA offered free photos.

Local companies around here are ripoffs for the pictures.

[retiredguy123]

You can take your own passport photos with a cell phone. Just make sure you get the size correct, according to the State Department website.

[polaris]

Originally Posted by Northerner52

WOW. Standard service. Good time to renew. Free Passport photos with AAA membership

You were very lucky! Ours took about 4 months to come back.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by northerner52

with plus membership.

where did you go to process the renewal

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

where did you go to process the renewal

After you get your photos, the passport application must be mailed in to the State Department.

[Robyn1963]

Almost 3 months.

[Astron]

Good to know, though where can you go with a U SA passport these days? Coronavirus: Where can US tourists go? Countries blocking Americans - Business Insider

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

No idea that AAA offered free photos.

Local companies around here are ripoffs for the pictures.

I got a free passport photo from AAA last fall (might as well after paying $80 a year for many years without needing anything else). A month later, my passport request was denied because it seems my head was not exactly facing the camera, but was at a very slight angle, like 2 degrees. AAA took another photo for me and did it right, but still, that doubled my driving time to two hours. Just a warning to look carefully at the photo. I guess the Passport Agency is being much more picky these days, perhaps because they digitize the photo for facial recognition. All told, it took me over two months to get my new passport. I didn’t pay for expedited service.

By the way, if you ever need to send your passport somewhere for a visa stamp, be careful. In 1983 my ex-wife and I were on our way to Beijing to work for a year. Our travel agent recommended that we get a Japanese visa, as we would be spending a night there. We sent the Japanese consulate in Los Angeles our passports a month before we were scheduled to leave. They lost our passports, and getting new ones and Chinese visas hours before our flight was very difficult and stressful. Our passports and visas finally were returned to us over a year later from the Japanese consulate, without apology or even a free coupon for a local sushi restaurant.

[steve1025]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

where did you go to process the renewal

We have an office here that will take your picture and process the renewal, its on Avenue Central a block from 441. I used them and they were good.

[kdholliday1004]

There is only one place open for Passport Renewal in this area and that is the courthouse in Bushnell. They will do your photo for $5. They take care of sending your application. Sheriffs office on 441 no longer does photos. They told me at Bushnell that the majority of photos done on your own are rejected for improper background. Expect delay at getting passport. Most of their 12 offices around U.S. are at 10% of their workers

[Retired and happy]

Hi! I am a bit confused. In your reply you said, “ We have an office.....” I’m not sure who “ we” is referring to. Could you provide more specific details? Thanks!

[Chi-Town]

Passport photos at AAA were not free with my standard membership. I thought they were.