Consulate General of the United States: Calgary, Canada

Welcome to Calgary, United States citizens whom choose to work and live in this beautiful city. That being said, I did find a United States Government listing in Unilocal!with the same phone number but this is a different office and process than that so this is why I input this into Unilocal!
I thought having to renew my US passport would be somewhat easy since I still have an active security clearance with the US government. Da ha Da ha Da ha ah ah ha, boy, was I in for a surprise. You cannot pay for expedited passport processing though they can put a rush on it. I need mine since I needed to renew my Canadian work visa.
Before continuing, you can also get information besides address and location at
. Of course, much of the information about transmitting devices and such are not found anywhere on any of these pages.
FYI: They do take US and Canadian Cash and CREDIT CARD only; NO DEBIT CARDS.
I normally do not like to write a negative or even impartial review but the ineptitude of this office, even as an American living in Calgary, eclipsed anything I have ever seen.
My passport renewal experience at the United States consulate in Calgary, AB:
0820 arrive early for an 0845 appointment
0830 in line with VISA applicants so passport renewal applicants (3) and Citizenship renunciation (17) are separated from the VISA line (Yes, I said 17 and I did count).
0837 at the security line, we are told that we cannot have keys that have any type of transmitting key fob, cell phones, or other transmitting devices are not allowed. No lockers or storage are provided. You can use the Calgary Hostel at 520 7^th Ave SE which is 8 blocks (round trip) and cost $ 5.00 (they do take debit).
0910 return from trip to the hostel to security line
0915 go through scanner process similar to the airport screening
0925 escorted to the 10^th floor
0930 go through another scanner but having to remove belt this time which holds up my pants which are too big (and I am commando today).
0935 enter room where visa, passport processing, and other US services are provided
0955 finally called to window «C» where processing finally begins. Asked why I am late for my 0845 appointment. Repeat story with a nasty attitude. $ 110.00 for passport renewal + $ 25.00 «executor fee» with the promise about 2 weeks to process (it’s already been 6 weeks since I started the passport renewal process) and return to Calgary Consulate which will then turn around and mail to me (no, you cannot pick it up).
1010 finish processing with first window «C» and return to wait for further processing
1017 return to window «C» for more processing
1025 sat down yet again after window «C» processing
1045 go to window «B» for more processing
1047 sat down yet again after window «B» processing
1052 go to booth «A» for more processing where I am ask why I have an active security clearance with the US government
1055 told that have to get Express Mail envelop from convenience store downstairs
1105 $ 15.10 for Express Mail envelope
1113 return to hostel to get keys, phone, etc.
All of this because I kept page 17 which had my soon-​to-​expire work visa on it with all the required stamps since I keep getting stopped to verify I am not an Albertan trying to avoid tickets and such (Texas plates). Irony in that I was able to renew my Texas license and have it sent here by my very close friend with no drama.
I was wondering why there are 17 citizenship renunciations; I now know why.