How can I obtain a passport in one day in Los Angeles?

Question

I am going to mexico in a couple of weeks, and I need a passport. Can someone tell me how I can get one sooner?

Answer 1

You may be able to expedite your passport application and get it in a few weeks, but it is virtually impossible to get a passport in one day. Visit the nearest post-office and see how fast they can complete a passport application. Since it is just Mexico, you may be able to get in and out with a birth certificate. I know the new laws just passed, but they might be more lenient with neighbor countries.

Answer 2

Air travelers to Canada and Mexico now need passports after a new rule took effect in late January. Similar requirements for land and sea travelers are planned next year and electronic data chips will be attached to passports beginning this spring.
A spur-of-the-moment fishing trip to Canada or a spontaneous weekend getaway to Cancun could be more difficult now that passports are required for air travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

The regulations, which went into effect in late January, also may affect business people who need to travel to Canada to complete a deal or visit a customer.

Showing a driver's license no longer is enough when traveling by air to Canada and Mexico. Visiting those countries now requires a passport.

"We have had some clients talk about it," said Grant Sovern, a Madison attorney with Quarles & Brady who specializes in immigration law. "Some people may be taken aback if they fly for the first time."

He said the government has the ability to waive the requirement during the first few months. By next year, traveling to Mexico or Canada by land or sea also may require passports.

Sovern said the passport requirement is less likely to affect frequent travelers than a business, which might need to send someone quickly to Canada to complete a single transaction.

"Some of the reports lately have been that people are waiting and they can't get the emergency passports like they used to," he said.

Getting a passport usually takes six to eight weeks, but two-day service is available in Chicago for an additional $200 fee.

Answer 3

No. As Cherie says, you don't need a passport for a closed-loop cruise. And, you wouldn't want to be getting off the ship in Ensenada, anyway, if the ship even allows passengers to disembark there. [Sometimes the ship merely "checks in" with the port authorities, in order to fulfill the requirement for stopping in a foreign port.] And, as someone else mentioned, it's always a good idea to have a passport when you're traveling outside the US, even if it is on a closed-loop cruise, as you never know but what you might get left behind - THEN you would need a passport.

Answer 4

if you are travelling in less than two weeks you can calll the number below and set up an appointment at the passport center in LA. if more than two weeks, you can apply at any agent requesting expedited express mail service for a two week turnaround:

National Passport Information Center

This is the only official U.S. Government website for passport information. If you have a travel emergency, please call the National Passport Information Center to speak to a Customer Service Representative. Website for Passport Information.

* Telephone Number: 1-877-4USA-PPT (1-877-487-2778)
* TDD/TTY: 1-888-874-7793. Telephone number for customers with telecommunication devices for the hearing impaired. This telephone number cannot be accessed by a standard touch tone or rotary dial telephone.
* Customer Service Representatives and Operators for TDD/TTY are available Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to midnight, Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays.
* Automated Information available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have a travel emergency, please call the Center to speak with a customer service representative. Do not e-mail.

If you have already applied for a U.S. passport and would like to check the status of your application online, click here.

If you would like to request the status of your application by email, click here.

If you would like to email the National Passport Information Center for a general question regarding passports, click here

Answer 5

I thought that if you crossed int Mexico by land, you only needed your birth certificate? And if you are going in a few weeks, why do you need your passport done in a day? Can't you apply for it sooner and have it mailed to you if you do not live in LA?

http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

Answer 6

You have to go to your local post office or other passport location and pay to have the process expedited. This way you should get it within 1-2 weeks. That's the fastest you can get it though.

Answer 7

i think..i'm not sure you can do this anymore..but if you go to the embassy you can get one right then and there and it costs like 300 bucks though. this is usually done for people IN OTHER COUNTRIES. so say if you were an american in italy and needed one chop chop-then go to the embassy and you can get one right away. i know here in san fran you were able to get one in a day if you went to it..but that was before 911. everythings been ******* up since.