Lil, get started on it NOW!!! The paperwork backlog has increased recently, due to the new requirements, they're now saying 8 weeks...the state dept. website has a link that can help you find the closest office (likely the main Post office near you)

Just went thru that ordeal with #2 son, we stood in line in the PO lobby for nearly 2 hours, & had to write 2 checks (they wouldn't take my plastic), $52 to State, $45 to the Postmaster...They also now have his certified birth certificate (not a copy), which they will send back someday, but I need it now for some SSDI paperwork, so it's off to Vital Records for another copy unless it shows up in the next few days...

So after all the crap we've gone thru, #2 announces last week that he really doesn't wanna go on that Australia trip after all...dear Lord, please don't let me kill my own child...

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