u/Low_Low_1811

Hello. I am currently waiting for my passport due to a delay and am wondering if there is anything else I can do to receive it in time for my trip. This is my first time getting a passport, so I know I could have done better with more experience.

This is the timeline: On 4/3 I had the post office send off my passport application. It was recieved on 4/10. I paid for expedited service (2-3 weeks) as well as expedited return shipping. I then book my flights and car rental for 5/27.

On the evening of 4/17 I checked the status online and it said there was a problem. I called them Monday the 20th and they said they couldnt tell me what the issue was and that it was mailed instead of emailed because of confidentiality.

On 4/21 I received the letter which was mailed on 4/16. It said it coulsnt be processed because of back child support. I knew I was almost caught up so I was confused. It turns out there is a somewhat recent law in my state that if you have ever been over 2500 in back child support you were on a list, and you had to have it all paid down to be removed...

I called my state's child support services on the 22nd. I only owed a few hundred (been paying this down for 2 years). I paid it off that same day. It cleared on the 24th and they sent the hold release that day. They said the passport agency should see it by the 28th. On the 30th I hadnt seen any status changes so i called the passport agency again. They said they should have gotten the notification and advised me to call back on the 13th if I hadnt seen anything.

On 5/8 I got another notification saying they were waiting for info, so on 5/9 I sent a letter to them saying that everything was paid and asking them to review it and resume processing as soon as possible. I sent it priority with tracking. It is supposed to arrive on 5/13.

I was planning on calling them again on that date and letting them know they should have recieved that letter and asking them what can be done to get it processed in time to get back to me. If they send it off by next Wednesday it should get to me in time.

My questions are: First, is this a lost cause? And if not, is there anything that I can do to get this going? Ask for a supervisor? Different number to call? Does anyone have any advice for me? I am also going to call the airlines tomorrow to see if they will let me move the flight if I can't get it in time.

Any help from those with more experience than me would be appreciated!

Hey, just sharing my longest running save with everyone to see what people think!

It's a Joja themed farm with the main goal of producing as much mayonnaise as possible. 70 deluxe coops, 1 currently in progress, and one barn. All coops have Golden Chickens so right now I have 844. About 100 have golden animal crackers. The barn has 1 cow, 1 sheep, and 10 Ostriches, all with golden animal crackers. I keep my newest coop near the house to make it easy to find, upgrade, and paint. Then I decorate the inside, it gets moved to the end of the line, and I build the next one in the same place. All coops are decorated identically. So yes, that means over 10,000 crystal tiles. I also do not pet any of my animals. I don't want them getting the wrong idea! They are there to make produce only.

It may be hard to tell, but I have the coops arranged so I can quickly walk through them all in sequence, step inside, grab the eggs, leave, and continue. I also have the teleporter in front of the house directly underneath the right window. That makes it hard to accidentally trigger, but very quick to get to. My obelisks are also arranged for efficiency. Mountain obelisk is not far away, and I can teleport to the house and then down to the Island or Desert obelisks almost instantly. This prevents accidentally triggering those too.

The greenhouse has hyper speed gro and right now I am growing Blue Jazz to make sure I have plenty for lucky lunches. Normally I grow Starfruit and switch if I need more of something else (pumpkins, carrots, fiber, etc.). Kegs in the greenhouse are for the starfruit. Sheds are just for processing so I don't have pictures, but I have dehydrators in one, mayonnaise machines in 2, and other processing and more mayonnaise machines in the last one. Kegs in the cellar are for ancient fruit, but I will be switching those out for more crystallariums. Ginger Island is almost all ancient fruit. I have garden pots with multiple harvest plants like tomatoes and peppers and pineapples with deluxe fertilizer for iridium pineapples. Bottom left of the farm is also ancient fruit.

In case it wasn't obvious, this is not meant to be aesthetically pleasing! It's all about roleplay + maximum efficiency. It is a Joja factory that mass produces mayonnaise. I can make about 2900 mayo per day, which is enough to fill a swimming pool every week, and enough to cover Pelican Town in about 12 years. I happily sell it to that fool Pierre. I have no idea what he does with it. My character's name is Joja Girl. She is a stone cold bitch and has romanced everyone possible, only after marrying Shane. Shane is my slave. I allow him the privilege of living with me. He works at the Joja market as well as my Joja Factory. I mostly married him to give Joja access to his blue chickens for research purposes.

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Passport Delay - Seeking Advice