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I was hired for my position back at the very beginning of June and I'm still waiting on my orders. I'm about to start the process for the official passport but I have heard different things about the passport.

I was told that with the passport being expedited, I might receive it in about 2-weeks, however, my first day of school with students is this Thursday. I'm afraid of mailing in my tourist passport and not having any passport to travel if I get my orders before the 2-weeks are up. However, would I even be able to travel without the official passport?

I've heard that there is also the possibility of getting the official passport after arriving at the duty station, but is that only for current DoDEA teachers and not new hires?

Thanks!
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anotherteacher Yeah, I wasn't ever given information about official passports. I just noticed other people talking about passports and decided to ask around and I was given the contact for someone in the passport department. I then e-mailed them directly and they gave me the forms to fill out for an official passport. If I had never contacted them, my orders migh...See More
Aug 15, 2017
angel Mine was the same as Shenna. The day after I turned in my tentative offer, I received passport info. Are you done with everything else? Like the in-processing packet?
Aug 16, 2017
anotherteacher I just realized that I had mentioned to HR earlier on that I was going on an international trip which may have made them decide to wait on giving me the passport information, but since I never knew to ask for it in the first place, I didn't think to tell them when I got back that I still needed the official passport. I completed the in-processing p...See More
Aug 16, 2017
HelpOthers You can apply for the official passport, without sending them your current passport. The passport office at my local military facility was helpful in getting the paperwork completed. He told me that in order to get to the correct form (the one not requiring you to mail in your passport), to use the online passport tool and when you come to the ques...See More
Aug 19, 2017
SandArt AnotherTeacher, no one contacted me about official passports. Fortunately, because of this site, I knew to contact them after so much time had passed. Without this site and FB for DoDEA teachers, I am not sure that things would have worked out as well. Things were not smooth, but at least I got things figured out with help.
Aug 21, 2017


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