So I'm trying to get passports for the kids. We're thinking of going to Cancun for E's winter break. I've never been to Mexico before, and I was looking forward to it. But getting passports is a b***h! I gathered up E's and Z's social security cards and birth certificates (an accomplishment in itself) and located a rush passport service (we had to hold on to E's birth certificate for a while, which is another story for another time). I also have to get 2X2 photos of them taken at CVS, which seems a little ludicrous because Z is only one, but whatever. The sticking point is...they want ID for the parents as well, and a passport is apparently NOT ENOUGH. And I currently have no license (yet another story).

P.S. My mother came to the rescue, mailing my birth certificate and social security card. Also, D thinks the rush passport service is wrong about the requirements, because he thinks the state department will accept a passport as parental ID. However, I want to meet the rush passport service's requirements, because they can do it faster than the government.

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This Suzy said…
What a pain!! Gov't forms and paperwork are never easy.
7:48 PM
Bearette said…
Yeah, and this service claims to "expedite" it for you! Turns out that just means you get the passport faster, after still doing a ton of work. Grr...oh well. Glad my mom had the forms for me.
8:27 PM
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