Gogetter,
My husband and I just got our passports in May of 04, we were born in 1957 and 1960 and had no problem. The only scary thing was we had to give them our original birth cert to do it. It took about 6 weeks, I was very happy to get everything back. The passport is much sturdier then a B/C because it is book form and made to open and closed where your B/C gets creased from being folded and breaks down over time. We used ours to get into Canada when we went to Niagara Falls. It was quick and painless compared to people showing B/C and driver license. :grin: