<p>Does anyone have a source for getting a FAST replacement passport...yep...getting ready to sail soon and the passport is MIA.</p>
<p>Apply ASAP and pay the extra money for the rush fee. If it is not there two weeks prior to leaving, call your MOC office and they will light a fire under the Passport Agency for you. You don't have to use one of the companies that do it for you - save the money. Just get it done and pay the rush fee noted by the dept. of state (I think it's $60 more). Also, you can pay even more for overnight delivery when it's done. By the way - because the old passport is lost you are doing a NEW application not a renewal. </p>
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<p>Alternative: go to the local passport office (they are not very local! I think there are 12-15 in the country that can do a passport on location. Find your nearest one, call and see if you need an appointment (see above link). If not, go in and do it. If so - make an appointment. Be prepared with your photos, application, and fee plus you will have to have orig birth certificate. If you don't have a certified copy then get on that ASAP from county of birth.</p>
<p>Thanks. I did have the son check out rushmypassport.com but I'm going to wait until the am and then call the passport agency in NYC. Fortunately, we live in CT so I can meet my son with all of the needed paperwork. Exam week is not a good time to be doing this!</p>
<p>They have gotten very strict too about reissuing lost passports. Good Luck!</p>