# Passports

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passports/172101>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passports/172101 "2003-04-30T09:15:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passports/172101/21 "2003-05-01T01:10:48Z")

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There’s really no need to get your congressperson involved, either. There are procedures in place already for expedited processing of a passport. Of course, there are fees for that; however, depending on the reason for the hurry, those may be waived. I know that the last time I got a passport issued (2000), the fee was waived for me because having a passport was a requirement for the job for which I was a candidate. The other candidate didn’t bother to get his application expedited and thus he didn’t get the job–I did.

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