Hi folks! I recognize some people here from an old, dead forum. Nice to see ya'll! I've spent number of hours this past week trying to figure out what my wife needs to file to renew her Chinese passport in the United States. This forum had an excellent post that discussed how this was done with links, but it's a 5-1/2 year old thread and I'm concerned the linked form is an old version. Some of the links were broken too. We're in NY, so we'll go to the NY Consulate. The confusing thing is, the Passport and Visa link on the Consulate website doesn't have any forms for passports. I then went to the Embassy website and every consulate website in the US, and can't find any form on those sites either. All I can figure out is she needs to fill out an H-1 form (?), but I've read they recommend filling this form out online and printing it. But where is it??? The other conflicting thing we're trying to figure out is how to pick it up. The Consulate website says they don't mail the passport, but we've been told you can have it sent. Huh? Which is it? Perhaps an agent can pick it up for us? Also, can my son (5 years old) and I go in to the Consulate with my wife? I read on the website someplace that they reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone who has no business entering the facility. If anyone has any advice or a link to whatever form we need, we'd really appreciate it. We're looking to go to New York City before Christmas, perhaps 12/13 to 12/16. So I want to get things booked now (Amtrak, hotel, etc.). Thanks everyone! -Paul
