Today I recieved my Official Passport in the mail. It was in a package I recieved from my wife. I applied for it back in 2010. August, I believe. It actually made it here to NKC in October. I never recieved it because the mail room failed to inform anybody it was here. It was sent registered mail so it required a signature for pick up. The mail room returned it to the passport office at Fort Riley after it layed around here for a while.
I eventually tracked it down and had my wife pick it up and send it again.
Where were the points of failure? Obviously the NKC mail room is one. No need to delve into that any further. I guess the main issue was the ordeal getting the visa for Afghanistan. It took longer than expected and I think the required date was written incorrectly on the application and it was put at the bottom of the stack in D.C. The takeaway is that if you want an official passport with visa get it requested a soon as possible. It's been so long I cannot recall when I started the process and if I could have done so earlier.
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