Super Handsome and I already have our passports, but we needed to get one for the kids. It is a relatively easy process but there are definitely things that you need to be aware of!
We went and got pictures done Wednesday. We just went to Walgreens, they were $9.99 each. Interesting information for you, they do not want you to smile and show teeth. My kids either look scared or mad in their pictures.
I filled out the applications that evening and saved them to our computer. When filling out passport applications you will need social security numbers. So, Super Handsome had to go and dig all the social security cards out. He also grabbed the their birth certificates as well. We were going to need the birth certificates when we went down to the post office to send in the passport applications.
Our intention was to take the kids on Thursday to get their passport applications filed at the post office. Of course, it is always crazy to coordinate things around here. So, we waited until Liam ad Cian were home from school. I made a phone call to the closest post office and they did not have a passport office. So, I called the central branch in Fort Wayne. I am so glad that I did, I found out the office and closed at 4pm (it was 4:18 at the time), saved myself the wasted trip and all the grumbling that would have went with it! Phew!
Friday, we took our elementary students of out school early and picked up the older two from school. We had to get this done on Friday because the passport applications for children under 16 require that both parents are present. If both parents are not both present than you need copies of the absent parents license and another signed notarized document that states that the parent authorizes the application. I met Super Handsome at the post office right at 3pm. The office closed at 4pm. He got there about 15 minutes ahead of us, which was a good thing, he was able to signed us in, which cut down our wait time. The office was quite busy!
It took about 20 minutes to get all the kids done. That is pretty good since, when we thought we were done, Super Handsome figured out that we had left out the all important part of having their passports expedited! (a bunch of voiding checks happened then) Our process went as follows: she would call one of the kids in and verify that it was them though the picture and then ask them a question or two. After she verified she had the right child, she would ask them to sign the application and then we would sign while verbally confirming that all the information was correct on the application (to the best of our knowledge). The other nice thing was I only had to write 3 checks. One for the passport fees, which included the expedite fee, one to the post office and then last one again to the post office for express mailing the applications. In reality I wrote 2 more, but those were voided.
Check another thing off the list. Now, I still need to find our marriage certificate!
We went and got pictures done Wednesday. We just went to Walgreens, they were $9.99 each. Interesting information for you, they do not want you to smile and show teeth. My kids either look scared or mad in their pictures.
I filled out the applications that evening and saved them to our computer. When filling out passport applications you will need social security numbers. So, Super Handsome had to go and dig all the social security cards out. He also grabbed the their birth certificates as well. We were going to need the birth certificates when we went down to the post office to send in the passport applications.
Our intention was to take the kids on Thursday to get their passport applications filed at the post office. Of course, it is always crazy to coordinate things around here. So, we waited until Liam ad Cian were home from school. I made a phone call to the closest post office and they did not have a passport office. So, I called the central branch in Fort Wayne. I am so glad that I did, I found out the office and closed at 4pm (it was 4:18 at the time), saved myself the wasted trip and all the grumbling that would have went with it! Phew!
Friday, we took our elementary students of out school early and picked up the older two from school. We had to get this done on Friday because the passport applications for children under 16 require that both parents are present. If both parents are not both present than you need copies of the absent parents license and another signed notarized document that states that the parent authorizes the application. I met Super Handsome at the post office right at 3pm. The office closed at 4pm. He got there about 15 minutes ahead of us, which was a good thing, he was able to signed us in, which cut down our wait time. The office was quite busy!
It took about 20 minutes to get all the kids done. That is pretty good since, when we thought we were done, Super Handsome figured out that we had left out the all important part of having their passports expedited! (a bunch of voiding checks happened then) Our process went as follows: she would call one of the kids in and verify that it was them though the picture and then ask them a question or two. After she verified she had the right child, she would ask them to sign the application and then we would sign while verbally confirming that all the information was correct on the application (to the best of our knowledge). The other nice thing was I only had to write 3 checks. One for the passport fees, which included the expedite fee, one to the post office and then last one again to the post office for express mailing the applications. In reality I wrote 2 more, but those were voided.
Check another thing off the list. Now, I still need to find our marriage certificate!
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