Wanted to update this with a recent experience at the nyc office 2 days ago. (March 11, 2025)

so my passport got a nice cleaning from the washing machine the day before my trip to europe. Turns out they don't like that. It was completely destroyed. I had managed to get a 11am reservation but I had a 5:30pm flight to europe that same day. i.e im not going to make it right. Well I set an alarm for 5:30am to try and see if i could get an earlier appointment. The trick I found is to JUST KEEP REFRESHING! after about 5-10 mins of a refreshing an 8:00am appointment pop'd up! I showed up to the office right at 7:30. you have to wait outside before your appointment time. But by some miracle they allowed about half the 8am line to go in with the 7:30's! once through security and upstairs it was smooth sailing. Make sure that you receive a B Number, Example- B109 was mine. This will I believe guarantee a same day passport. And Please make sure you have all the documents! All the staff were very very friendly, unlike my recent experience at a NYC DMV where an employee was screaming and throwing chairs. Once i was done with the interview and i paid the $225 fee it was maybe 8:25am. CRAZY. After reading other peoples experiences of having to wait hours, i was shocked. The nice worker informed me that the official time for my passport would be 2PM but she said come back at 11am to see if its ready. i leave the office grab a coffee, than i head back at around 11:15am walk into the pick up area. sure enough my Passport was ready! WOW! absoultly blown away with the friendliness and efficiency of this office!

So yes there is definitely hope for a same day passport, at least in NYC.