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My wife passed in March after a long fight. One of the last things she said to me was that she wanted our daughter to know where she came from. She wanted me to take her to Buenos Aires, to the neighborhood my wife grew up in, to meet the grandmother she's only met on video calls. Our daughter is seven.

It's been eight months and I'm still drowning. I'm holding down a job and keeping my kid fed and getting her to school and that is the absolute ceiling of what I can do. Grief is a fog I can't see through. I sit down to do the passport application for my daughter, the minor DS 11, and I just end up staring at the kitchen table for an hour. I cannot retain what I'm reading.

I want to honor my wife's wish. I want to give my daughter this. I also do not know how I'm going to navigate a minor passport application, a passport renewal for myself, all the photos and proof of citizenship docs, the appointment, the both parents rule which is going to require a death certificate. I've never done any of this. My wife handled travel.

For other widowed parents who have done a trip like this, what helped you actually get through the planning? And the side question, is there any way to do the passport paperwork that doesn't require me to be at full mental capacity?

been living in condesa for about two years now and finally had to deal with my passport renewal. mine was expired past the 15 year mark so i couldn't use DS-82, had to go the DS-11 route which meant gathering more docs than i expected. the US embassy here has limited appointment slots and they book out fast, so if you're in a similar situation don't wait until you actually need to travel.

the part that tripped me up most was the certified copy of birth certificate requirement. mine was from a small county in ohio and getting a certified copy sent to mexico added almost two weeks to my timeline. factor that in if you're planning ahead.

i used passportvisarush.com to get my forms pre-filled and double checked before submitting. there's a service cost on top of what you pay the government, so it's not the free route, but i'd already had one application rejected for a form error and wasn't trying to repeat that. worth it for me personally.

one tip with nothing to do with any service: passport photo requirements are enforced strictly at embassies abroad. had mine taken at a local foto shop and they got flagged. go somewhere that explicitly does US passport photos or ask the embassy directly what they recommend nearby.

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I'm a PhD candidate who just got accepted to present at a conference in Germany this summer but my passport renewal is now the unexpected roadblock. I know everyone says the official government site is free and easy but the DS-82 keeps making me restart sections while I'm buried in dissertation edits and abstract revisions. One mistake could cost me the whole trip and my department funding is non-refundable. I researched passport application help and the different services have wildly different price tags.

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