The pandemic has thrown the process of renewing or getting a passport into disarray. louisgcheslaw and drvarg01 spoke with 30 New Yorkers who have gone through the hassle to learn some tips and tricks
Illustration: by Curbed; Photo Getty Images The Strategist’s Louis Cheslaw and Daniel Varghese spoke with more than 30 New Yorkers who have gone through the hassle.
Tell the agent your flight is sooner than the one you really want. Then, the morning you go into the office, buy any refundable international ticket for the date you said you were flying on. That’s what fashion designer Andrew Livingston did to secure an appointment in early August for a mid-August trip.
If you still haven’t managed to get one, try your representative. Three people we spoke to were able to speed things up with the help of their congressperson’s office, where aides used their leverage at the State Department to advocate on their behalf. Suzanne McElwreath, a New Jersey–based attorney, estimates she spent 40 hours on the phone trying to get an appointment but was unsuccessful. Ten days before her family’s flight, she contacted Representative Mikie Sherrill’s office.
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