Miami Passport Agency / same day passport

[jochensch]

Has anyone done this? Should I expect a long wait or does this go fairly quick?

Also I understand they will need proof of travel.
Well, we are going for a spring break vacation to the U.S. virgin islands (it will be less than 2 weeks after my naturlization). While I know there is no need for a passport to travel to a U.S. overseas territory we possibly want to make a day trip to the Britsh virgin islands and that does require a passport. I won't have a reservation to prove this part though.

 

[Huracan]

Hi,

First of all, I don't have any idea about this, as I just got my passport through expedited process done at a post office, and I couldn't hardly be farther away from Miami However, my gut feeling is that it all depends on how busy they are and how convincing you are. Not having physical tickets for your potential trip to the British Virgin Islands could be an issue. Wouldn't it be better just to get the tickets and make it a certainty that you'll go there and save yourself some problem at the passport office? On the other hand you can spend/waste a morning going to the passport agency and who knows you can get lucky and get the passport.

I don't want to speak for anybody else, but I would find it very hard that you are going to get a definitive answer to your question at this forum, as a lot of things depend on how the particular person at the passport agency is going to react. At the very least, not having tickets is going to complicate your attempt.

My 2 cents, and good luck!

 

[jochensch]

Yeah, I guess we could make it a certainty and make reservations. But if the process for a same day passport is an all-day event standing in line, I'd rather not do it since it's not the most important thing and we can have a nice vacation without going over to the British islands.

BTW, there is a seaplane service to connect between the islands which seems pretty cool. I wonder how this works anyway ... where do you go through immigration when you don't land at the airport but somewhere on the water ??

There is also another concern. Many websites state that a passport is not required for travel to the US virgin islands but one must be prepared to show proof of US citizenship when returning to the mainland. It would be a lot more convinent to have the passport rather than carrying around my naturlization certificate. However, the naturlization certifiate is listed as acceptable proof, so I doubt "the convenience factor" will be an acceptable reason.