This is not true. I provided them with my social, which is another form of id here, my expired passport, my drivers license, they just want me to provide an ACTIVE [passport. Thats the only thing they are accepting.
I don't get it. Why aren't you trying to renew/reissue your passport? It would help solve this mess and could help with other matters too which is why multiple birds would be taken down with a single stone.
It usually takes around a month or something to acquire a new passport in most countries. Can you clarify?