Expired Passport and Traveling in 15 days

[Hey Adrien!]

Our five-year anniversary trip to Iceland was delayed two years. Flight is two sundays from now. Just realized my passport expired in April. Haven’t told my wife yet but about to drive to agencies to figures it out.

In summary: how screwed am I?

 

[CL82]

Kind of a shame that your wife ends up getting screwed by this. Since everything is paid for anyway, I’m willing to step in as your replacement.

You’re welcome.

(If not, this place says that they can expedite in 24 hours. You have to head to the city though.)

 

[Petero]

In select locations (I went to Buffalo NY kinda close to where I live) there is a US State department office where you can make an appointment and they will process you passport there and you can take it home with you. Note that there are rules to follow. People were super nice. Give us a lunch recommendation and they were ready when we got back. This happened before Covid so not sure if it still holds. Commercial passport services can expedite the process for big bucks as well. Do something immediately. Enjoy Iceland and Go Huskies!!!

 

[husky429]

My wife had this issue when we went to Thailand for a Muay Thai camp.

How to Get my U.S. Passport Fast

Learn how to rush your U.S. passport application so you don't miss your international trip.

travel.state.gov

Make an appointment with the passport agency. I'm pretty sure ours had a website to make appointments and check availability.

 

[dvegas]

There used to be a passport office in Stamford, then it moved to Norwak. No idea if it's still around but check the State Departments site. Theres definetly an office in NYC.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Panic has subsided and it seems like all I have to do is go to Stamford (I live in Norwalk) this upcoming week.

Connecticut Passport Agency

travel.state.gov

• Make an appointment by calling 1-877-487-2778 or 1-888-874-7793, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Our appointment line is closed on the weekend and on federal holidays. We do not charge a fee to make appointments.
• Be traveling internationally within 14 calendar days.
• Be able to show printed proof of international travel (such as your flight itinerary, hotel reservation, cruise tickets, or international car insurance).
• Pay the $60 expedite fee in addition to the regular application fees.
• Note: your appointment must be within 14 calendar days of your international travel. If you need a foreign visa, the date of your appointment must be within 28 calendar days of your international travel.

It'll cost me, but it's better than not traveling. Wife was informed and was totally cool with it (she's the forgetful one out of the two and reminded me that).

Continue to roast me as you please or @temery you can delete the thread.

 

[navery12]

There used to be a passport office in Stamford, then it moved to Norwak. No idea if it's still around but check the State Departments site. Theres definetly an office in NYC.

Still there in Stamford, it's right next to my office building and I always see people lined up outside

 

[8893]

Enjoy the puffin!

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Definitely go to Stamford, happened to my girlfriends dad a few years ago. Pulled out his passport two days before his trip to Paris and realized it expired a few months before.

Went down to Stamford, got there before it opened and waited in line. Took about 6-8 hours all in but he came home with a new passport.

Definitely show up with everything you need (old passports, documentation, passport photos, etc.)

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

This happened to my best friend a week before my wedding in Peru. He found a expediteted location in West CT - i think it was Danbury or one of the surrounding towns, but i could be mistaken. And they expedited it to him on the spot. You need to make an appointment if memory serves (this was in 2018) but you shouldn’t be as screwed as you think you are.

I was freaking out - especially considering I had purchased his airfare and that was non-refundable (and ofc having my best man at my wedding…) But besides adding a ton of stress to the actual wedding planning, it actually all worked out.

 

[gapere]

Iceland is such an amazing place. Totally worth all the trouble you have to go through.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Looks amazing.

We'll spend almost all of our time in Northern Iceland between our Airbnb just west of Akureyri and Lake Myvatn. My wife's grandmother is from Iceland and while it'll be our third time in Iceland, it'll be our first time in the area where her grandmother is from.

Our flight is a Sunday night (three days after our last day of school), we'll spend the jet-lagged Monday in Reykjavik and then Tuesday-Friday in the north. Whale watching, a few hot springs and a hike up Hverfjall volcano are the planned stuff. Flight back is late on Friday. Two nights before the flight, we're seeing the Icelandic band Sigur Ros at the Beacon, a band we've both liked well before we met each other and it'll be our first time seeing them...pretty serendipitous!

I'll definitely breathe a sigh of relief once my visit w/ the passport office is over!

 

[nomar]

Panic has subsided and it seems like all I have to do is go to Stamford (I live in Norwalk) this upcoming week.

Connecticut Passport Agency

travel.state.gov

• Make an appointment by calling 1-877-487-2778 or 1-888-874-7793, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Our appointment line is closed on the weekend and on federal holidays. We do not charge a fee to make appointments.
• Be traveling internationally within 14 calendar days.
• Be able to show printed proof of international travel (such as your flight itinerary, hotel reservation, cruise tickets, or international car insurance).
• Pay the $60 expedite fee in addition to the regular application fees.
• Note: your appointment must be within 14 calendar days of your international travel. If you need a foreign visa, the date of your appointment must be within 28 calendar days of your international travel.

It'll cost me, but it's better than not traveling. Wife was informed and was totally cool with it (she's the forgetful one out of the two and reminded me that).

Continue to roast me as you please or @temery you can delete the thread.

Worth it. You can't get a divorce for less than $60.

 

[HCCForever]

Looks amazing.

We'll spend almost all of our time in Northern Iceland between our Airbnb just west of Akureyri and Lake Myvatn. My wife's grandmother is from Iceland and while it'll be our third time in Iceland, it'll be our first time in the area where her grandmother is from.

Our flight is a Sunday night (three days after our last day of school), we'll spend the jet-lagged Monday in Reykjavik and then Tuesday-Friday in the north. Whale watching, a few hot springs and a hike up Hverfjall volcano are the planned stuff. Flight back is late on Friday. Two nights before the flight, we're seeing the Icelandic band Sigur Ros at the Beacon, a band we've both liked well before we met each other and it'll be our first time seeing them...pretty serendipitous!

I'll definitely breathe a sigh of relief once my visit w/ the passport office is over!

Any chance of viewing the Northern Lights while there or is it the wrong time of year? That is something that I have always wanted to see.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Any chance of viewing the Northern Lights while there or is it the wrong time of year? That is something that I have always wanted to see.

Wrong time of the year due to almost no night sky. Winter is the time to go.

 

[Shamon30]

Based on experience I'd say there's not a very good chance. I hope you can somehow pull it off though

 

[Shamon30]

Any chance of viewing the Northern Lights while there or is it the wrong time of year? That is something that I have always wanted to see.

I once went to Fairbanks to watch the Northern Lights. Thanks to problems at the airport in Seattle where I had a connecting flight, I got there a day late. I went out to a watch point and sat in my rental car maybe 6 hours and saw nothing.

Driving down the road, I saw a brief yellow-green shock in the sky, sort of like one zigzag on Charlie Brown's shirt.

I mentioned it in passing to a waitress at a diner the next morning and she said, "You should've been here the night before. It was the best I've seen in 20 years."

Damn you Delta.

 

[MJKI]

Biggest two recs are: go to Selfoss and specifically Pylsu Vaginn for a deep fried hot dog with fries and bernaise. It’s incredible.
#2 is if you’re a golfer, they have most courses per capita in the world. I played Brautarholt and it’s incredible. Just like pebble but at a much more affordable price

 

[uchusky32]

I live in the DC area and got my son a passport 4 years ago in DC. Showed proof few hours later took pic and had passport. We were able to get appt in time. Had a week.

 

[HCCForever]

Biggest two recs are: go to Selfoss and specifically Pylsu Vaginn for a deep fried hot dog with fries and bernaise. It’s incredible.
#2 is if you’re a golfer, they have most courses per capita in the world. I played Brautarholt and it’s incredible. Just like pebble but at a much more affordable price

You jogged my memory on an article that I read about golfing in Iceland on the day with the most sunlight.

Land of the Midnight Fun

At precisely midnight last June 25, Jason Magee, a meteorologist with the U.S. Navy, stood next to his golf ball at the bottom of a craterlike sand trap and

vault.si.com

 

[CL82]

Enjoy the puffin!

Why? Does Iceland have liberal weed laws?

 

[8893]

Why? Does Iceland have liberal weed laws?

They eat puffins.

 

[CL82]

They eat puffins.

Well, I guess smoking all that that much weed they’d eat pretty much anything.

“ Dude, I could totally eat a puffin right now.”

 

[UCTitleTown]

If you pay to use an expediting service company, you can get it in a week. You're gonna pay $$$$$. I used this with past companies I worked for, but they paid so I didn't care.