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The wait for U.S. passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:30 am
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:30 am
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Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport.
A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide travel rebounds toward record pre-pandemic levels — with too few humans to handle the load. The result, say aspiring travelers in the U.S. and around the world, is a maddening pre-travel purgatory defined, at best, by costly uncertainty.
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So grim is the outlook that U.S. officials aren't even denying the problem or predicting when it will ease. They're blaming the epic wait times on lingering pandemic -related staffing shortages and a pause of online processing this year. That’s left the passport agency flooded with a record-busting 500,000 applications a week. The deluge is on-track to top last year’s 22 million passports issued, the State Department says.
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Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:51 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
While we’ve known this here in this board for a few years now since Covid .. folks who don’t pay attention to the news end up like this family from the article
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It was early March when Dallas-area florist Ginger Collier applied for four passports ahead of a family vacation at the end of June. The clerk, she said, estimated wait times at eight to 11 weeks. They'd have their passports a month before they needed them. "Plenty of time," Collier recalled thinking.
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Then the State Department upped the wait time for a regular passport to as much as 13 weeks. “We'll still be okay,” she thought. At T-minus two weeks to travel, this was her assessment: “I can’t sleep." This after months of calling, holding, pressing refresh on a website, trying her member of Congress — and stressing as the departure date loomed. Failure to obtain the family’s passports would mean losing $4,000, she said, as well as the chance to meet one of her sons in Italy after a study-abroad semester.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:07 am to Lawyered
Ya, I went ahead and got my oldest kid renewed and my daughter her first. It was 10-13 weeks when we applied. They are arriving tomorrow at 12 weeks and 6 days since we had the appointment.
People who try to pull this off two months before a trip just aren't paying attention.
People who try to pull this off two months before a trip just aren't paying attention.
This post was edited on 7/5/23 at 9:08 am
Posted on 7/5/23 at 11:46 am to Teddy Ruxpin
My app was received May 19. I am anticipating mid August, so I have not planned a trip yet. Planning to do something in November which will give me plenty of time.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 12:39 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
First time applicant. Went May 8th.
Received passport June 24th.
Received passport June 24th.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 12:55 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I applied for mine back in late December/early January. Received it late March.
But at this point, I would advise people to just go ahead and submit an application the second your passport is 6mo from expiration just to be safe.
But at this point, I would advise people to just go ahead and submit an application the second your passport is 6mo from expiration just to be safe.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:34 pm to AbitaFan08
Mine expires in October but no foreign trips planned till next summer so I’m just doing the mail in renewal since mine qualifies for it (all I have to do is send in my passport, the form with the pic, and a check or money order) So we will see how long it takes. Wish I would have been more proactive and done the online renewal when that was an option.
Anyone renewed online when they were trialing it? How long did that take? (Just curious)
Anyone renewed online when they were trialing it? How long did that take? (Just curious)
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:40 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Ours were accepted mid June with expediting processing, which puts us getting them in mid August. We have a fairly cheap Cabo trip planned at the end of September and I'm praying they don't get delayed.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:42 pm to Packer
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Ours were accepted mid June with expediting processing, which puts us getting them in mid August. We have a fairly cheap Cabo trip planned at the end of September and I'm praying they don't get delayed.
Ours came in about a week after status changed to Accepted. Same with another couple we are traveling with.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 1:43 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
This reaffirms my decision to get a second non-US passport.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 2:12 pm to lsunurse
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Anyone renewed online when they were trialing it? How long did that take? (Just curious)
I did. As I mentioned, did it in early January and got it back in late March.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 2:14 pm to AbitaFan08
Nice, that’s not bad really.
Posted on 7/6/23 at 11:08 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
There really isn't any reason an adult living in America shouldn't just have a passport
Everyone should just get one and be done with it no matter if they think they will travel anywhere or not
Everyone should just get one and be done with it no matter if they think they will travel anywhere or not
This post was edited on 7/6/23 at 11:09 am
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