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Originally Posted by avi8tor4life
There was one form for passport renewal where you didn't have to send the old one with the application. Maybe I'll do that. Who knows. anyway peace
I just went through this back in July. That form you speak of is basically for if you've lost your passport. As soon as they get to the processing stage of the form, they will cancel your current passport and you won't know when that is. You could get hung up at the border with a passport that is no longer valid.
What I did at the advice of the lady that handles passports at my post office, is to send in the renewal, pay for expedited service, send it in via express mail, along with a self addressed express mail return envelope. We also included a note saying that I was a professional pilot that frequently travels across the border and needed it back as soon as possible. It all cost extra $$ but my company paid for it. I had the new passport within a week.