My husband passport was about to expire. We had to make an appointment in Vermont at the Passport Office !!! WE LIVE IN NJ !!! we took the trip, all our paperwork was done, we printed the Itinerary, (as proof of paid tickets) AND YOU WILL NEED THAT ! they were very nice, told us to comeback in a couple of hours, we had lunch all went well, passport in hand... in another case, our friend had to do the same for a Trip to Italy, he went to Vermont, did everything we did, came back after a couple of hours, and his application was DENIED !!!! It was a very old IRS inquiry that was never cleared. He immediately got on the phone with the IRS, took care of the inquiry, all was cleared in their system... BUT IT TAKES 24 TO 48 HOURS FOR THE SYSTEM TO UPDATE !! NEEDLESS to say he did not go to Italy with his wife for their anniversary... But she went ! lol