I noticed something odd about my passport: it is dated June 1998, but the photograph must have been taken before April. (My hair was cut in September 1989, November 1994, April 1998 – when I stopped parting it – and January 2002.)
How long does it take to issue a US passport?
I can’t remember the last time, but they say one never forgets the first: When an opportunity for a trip to Spain suddenly arose in 1970, Mom took me to the passport office in Chicago. We turned in our paperwork and the clerk said, “Okay, come back in ten days.” “But we’re leaving on Tuesday!” “Oh! In that case, three and a half hours.”