I hired Travel Visa Pro to help expedite a passport. They have "facilities" in Houston and were sure they had time to get my passport to me in time for my date of travel, Sept 8th (today). Well, it's "today" and no passport and no explanation from them.
After confirming with them that they could get the job done in time, and paying ~$700 for "VIP" services, I gathered all my paperwork, prepared it as instructed, got it stamped and sealed at an "acceptance facility" (one of the very few USPS offices in Austin that reviews passport applications), sent it to them priority overnight in San Francisco (while they advertise services in Houston, my paperwork had to go to the West Coast because not many services are actually available in Houston), and all was in order.
They received my paperwork and processed my passport, but then they did not pay attention to my travel date (emblazoned everywhere! on all my docs) and have arranged for FedEx to deliver my docs TOMORROW! A day late! I called them as soon as I saw the estimated delivery date yesterday (Sat) when the delivery should have been made, was on hold for the better part of 30 minutes, the agent who answered said he'd have to have to wait until the San Francisco office opened at 11am PST on Saturday (yesterday) but that he'd reach out to them and that they'd call me.
No one called, I tried to call them several times again and no one at their call center answered, nor were there any responses to my numerous e-mails.
Now it's Sunday, my travel date, and because of a clerical error on their part, I have no passport, nor original birth certificate, etc..to travel.
No apology, no acknowledgement, no return calls, no e-mails, no effort at all on their part to even communicate. All this cost me over $700 + whatever it's going to cost me to cancel my flights. read more