While planning daily experiences for my10-Night Greek Isles: Malta & Italy (Rome Roundtrip) on NCL's EPIC, I took a look at my current passport and realized that I did not have 6 blank pages in my book, nor did would I have 6-months prior to my expiration date of Jan 2025. I immediately realized I could be detained on by immigration on my return flight. I leaned into my options to and confirmed I was eligible for a an URGENT US passport international travel within 14 calendar days -- traveling to a country with no VISA requirement]. The validation, application and scheduling took 15-minutes. Photos at CVS 15-minutes.
On my appointment date which was 10-minutes from my home,
On Wednesday, I was in a short queue, cleared security, presented my form, and signed it and reported to an agent who asked several questions about my passport, travel history and current cruise travel dates and backing documents. I was told the CVS photos were not the right size and lighting was poor. I went to the lobby took new passport photos (an additional $30.00) I returned directly to the agent, paid the fee of $220 for Passport Book 52-pages (as cruising is my 3rd travel preference) & Cruise / ID Card (for the first time -- I did not believe this necessary in the past). I received a receipt with my new passport # and asked to return on Friday. Total time from my home and back 42-minutes. Note if my flight or cruise was the same day -- they ask you to wait and you will leave with a passport.
I returned today, cleared the security screening and within 20-minutes my name was called. I was asked to review my documents and was back home in 45-minutes.
I highly recommend this service if you live in Miami or traveling to one of the 26 offices where urgent passport processing agency are located.
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