CALLER: “Enough already! I’m sick to death of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I’m going to an island without the internet, TV, where there is no phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.”
GOOGLE: I understand sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago...
One of our heirs and his wife just took a combo trip to Victoria from Frisco. They flew back from SeaTac to Sac..
Their hostess used to own a travel agency. She made all of the travel busy paperwork stuff just disappear. She told our relatives that they needed to update their passports via a friend in the business.
My wife had a hip replacement in early March. It took months to get the 2 year disabled hanging pass, via DMV. We found out later that AAA has some expedited system after the Doctor’s approval. A friend post op used the AAA system and had the hanging pass in a few days.
A younger relative was having problems getting a vehicle gifted from his family, properly titled in his name. He went on line with AAA and in about 5 minutes, his new title was on line and a hard copy was being mailed to him.
The business that does the California smog testing for a low fee will submit your approved data. So in minutes, you have your new approved paperwork and they attach the sticker for you. No Screwing around at a DMV office or online with a semi hostile interface.
Apparently, there are people owned and operated places which approve passports and the so called Real Driver’s licenses in minutes not at a hostile DMV.
I went to one of those private DMV places a few months ago to get something updated on my license. Cost a few bucks but I was in and out in about five minutes.
There are (very expensive) “expiditors “ for passports, State Dept apostilles, visa signatures, etc. Even “FBI” background checks are UPS Store rent-a-printer.