US passport application delays surge amid ‘unprecedented’ demand

[DJ54]

In US news today… 

 

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — If you’re looking to travel abroad and need a passport, you’re not the only one. Currently, the rush of applications has pushed the wait time to several months.

“We’re getting 500,000 applications a week for passports,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 24, calling the renewed demand for travel “unprecedented.”

The State Department warns it is taking 10 to 13 weeks to receive a passport and the expedited process, which costs an extra $60, will take seven to nine weeks. Staffing shortages are being blamed for some of the delays.

[Pib]

U.S. passport processing times per U.S. State Dept.....times are increasing.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/processing-times.html

[VinnieK]

People are getting out of Dodge?

[biervoormij]

There is another thread on this same topic.

 

 

[goldenbrwn1]

Brexit

[Lemsta69]

Obama!