Address to the Philadelphia Passport Expediting Center

by Anthony
(Canada)

Question: My passport was overnighted from Canada to the National Passport Processing Center in Philadelphia for Expediting it's renewal. I used the P.O. box information listed on the website as the address.

Once it arrived in Philadelphia I was notified by the carrier that they need a physical address as they could not forward it the P.O. box. I tried calling the 1-877-487-2778 number to ask for this information, but I cannot call an 877 exchange from Canada.

My passport is to expire at the end of the month and I am working in Canada. I need to know if there is a physical address which I can give to the carrier so the passport can be delivered? If I cannot supply a physical address the parcel will be returned to Canada which will cause a further delay in the processing.

Answer: Unfortunately, there is no other address to which you can mail your passport application than the PO Box. You must use an express mail service that will deliver to a PO Box. The USPS claims that their Express Mail Overnight Delivery service is the only one that delivers to PO Boxes.