Fucking US passport agency

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I applied for a passport renewal a couple weeks ago. My passport expired last year and I am traveling to France in February. After getting everything done at the post office and assured the documents I supplied were exactly what they needed to do their god damn job, I get this fucking email: 

 

Thank you for your recent passport application.

 

However, the identification you provided is not sufficient for passport purposes.  Please complete the enclosed DS-5520, Supplemental Questionnaire to Determine Identity for a U.S. Passport, and submit the form with photocopies of five (5) or more personal documents, which are five (5) years or older.   For your information we have included a list of acceptable forms of personal documents that may assist our office in establishing your identity. However, you may submit any other document in your possession that shows either your name and photo (with issue date) or name and signature (with issue date). 

 

RECORDS WITH PHOTOGRAPH (VALID or EXPIRED) 

·         Driver's license

·         School yearbook photograph with your name and photo, also with school’s name and year that it was issued

·         U.S. Passports

·         Newspaper/Magazine articles (with your photo & name, news paper’s name & date) 

 

RECORDS WITH EITHER PHOTOGRAPH OR SIGNATURE (must have a date)

·         Employment identification card

·         Professional license (ex. nurse, pilot, mechanic, etc)

·         Federal, State or Municipal identification card

·         Military identification

·         Student identification card

 

SIGNED IDENTIFICATION ITEMS (Should have your legal signature and date)

·         Military records such as DD-214

·         Selective Service registration card

·         Union membership (bearing name/signature or name/photo and issuance date)

·         Medicare/health insurance card

         Welfare card

·         Marriage certificates

·         Medical records

·         Voter's registration card 

·         Children's birth certificates

·         Social Security card 

·         Traffic ticket

If you were raised abroad you may also submit*:

·         Foreign school records with name, photo and date

·         Foreign passports

·         Foreign driver’s license (valid or expired)

·         Foreign government issued identification, such as voter’s registration cards or national identification cards.

*If in a language other than English, please provide an official translation.

We appreciate your assistance in this matter so that we may continue processing your passport application.  If we do not receive the requested information within ninety (90) days from the date of this letter; or the information you submit is insufficient to establish your entitlement to a U.S. passport in accordance with the relevant provisions of Part 51, Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, your application will be denied and your evidence returned to you.  By law, the passport execution and application fees are non-refundable.  Any special return postage will be returned or refunded.

 

 

How in the fuck could the identification not be sufficient when I supplied exactly what they asked for? I called these fuckers today and asked them about it and they told me they couldnt tell me why they suspended  my application. They could only get my phone number and tell me the person responsible for this horse shit would contact me within two weeks. Keep in mind I supplied my old passport, photo id, social security card, and new photo. 

Last time I tried to get a passport hurricane katrina fucked it all up and I had to call my senator to fix it. I cant imagine why I thought this would go any smoother. I swear, its shit lke this that make people vote republcan. 

dude... its mercury retrograde..... one never does these kinds of projects during this ...

 

wait until monday, many things will begin to feel normal again..... trust me...

That shit don't work with government agencies, jonjonjon.

>>>>>I swear, its shit lke this that make people vote republcan.

 

(((January 20th soon come)))

 

Seriously, though.  Good luck.  I hope that you get your passport in time.

 

It was a hassle for us last year.

>>>That shit don't work with government agencies, jonjonjon.

 

OH MY GOD... YES IT DOES....

 

my friend the current astrological 'storm' we are moving through, will render the USA a whimpering mess by 2024..... dude its bringing it all down....

Ask 'storm' if the sun will come up tomorrow....waiting....

the sun does not come up, ...... actually the sun stays in one position, and the earth "rotates" on its axis...... causing the illusion of the sun rising and setting....

 

get it together man!

Careful what you say, they are watching you closely

i know.... ned needs to get in front of this intel...

Ned you just do what they say, funny I just sent in my renewal today hope I sail easy....if you get to France look me up Im near Lyon until they renew my passeport then iM goin to the Cap

No birth certificate?

If you have this much rage about not being able to properly apply for a passport, I suggest you don't get on any planes. 

Is it a government run agency you went to, or rather a private one?

We just do ours at the post office, no problems.

I researched passport agencies because we needed a rush. They were privately run, and basically take your documents and mail them, and charge you 100% markup to do so. You don't get anything back faster.

it just seems strange that they'd be asking for a yearbook or newspaper article, especially if you already gave them the expired passport. I have a hard time believing that the State Department would want that.

Renewed last year by mail, no problem, just had to send in my expiring passport.

shuffle, i bet you were aware of looming mercury retrogrades as well.....

 

see ned???  it pays to pay attention..

What did you do to get on their radar Nned? 

Maybe you're Bad Ned. 

Mostly what set me off was the shit head I talked to this morning after getting the email. She was a total asshole and acted like I was interrupting her morning by merely inquiring about why my application was in suspended status. Although she could verify my identity down to my place of birth, she wouldnt acknowledge I was who I said I was, or who all my fucking documents said I was. It was fucking bizarre. I called back later and spoke to a much nicer lady who pretty much told me it was the signatures on my identification didnt match the signature on my passport application. My legal name is on the application, but like many people I abbreviate the signing of my name. I guess the petty functionaries of the passport office couldnt reconcile my legal name with the initials and last name I use everywhere else. It was either that, or all those trips to Amsterdam put me on a watch list.. haha 

Oh and I did renew at the post office. They said everything was good with me app before I sent it. 

Just wait until Rex arrives at State. He will cut through the red tape.

Renewed my driver's license last month - there's a new higher level "verified" license for which you have to provide backup ID info similar to obtaining a passport.  I endured the process as I heard it will make getting a passport much easier.

http://www.ct.gov/dmv/cwp/view.asp?a=4078&q=477752

Imagine the hassles of getting a Myanmar document.

It is almost like they want you to prove you are a Myanmar citizen, and jump through hoops of flames...

 

What a necatarish Pain.

it was the signatures on my identification didnt match the signature on my passport application.<<<

Rookie mistake ;)

Hope it all works out!