As I let my passport lapse when I got sick and don't have kids, I can only offer a couple of bits of info:
a. The passport line at my post office is always really long, but that may be because it's usually Hispanics and the post office doesn't have translators.
b. I don't know about when you need a birth certificate immediately, but there is a very easy place (http://www.vitalchek.com/default.aspx) to get them online. The Washington state Department of Health actually referred me there. I got mine since I plan to bring a chair in to the post office some day and get a passport. You never know, I might have the money to go to Farthing Party some year.
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Date: 2008-08-31 01:53 am (UTC)a. The passport line at my post office is always really long, but that may be because it's usually Hispanics and the post office doesn't have translators.
b. I don't know about when you need a birth certificate immediately, but there is a very easy place (http://www.vitalchek.com/default.aspx) to get them online. The Washington state Department of Health actually referred me there. I got mine since I plan to bring a chair in to the post office some day and get a passport. You never know, I might have the money to go to Farthing Party some year.