Then please explain to my why I stood in line for over an hour, filled out the required paperwork, had a photo taken, made my payment and returned to the post office to pick up the passport? Are they the middle man? If so, does it not stand to reason that in essence, going to the post office to apply for and receive a passport = getting your passport from the post office? What am I missing here?
” = getting your passport from the post office? What am I missing here?”
You changed from “issue” to “getting”.