The backlog for application processing involves 1.6+ million applications and counting.
I can’t recall a passport backlog as big as this ever in the US.
Less than 27,000 passports were issued in April and May:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/16-m...ry?id=71046544
And most of the sub-27k issued passports were not your average applicant looking to do a “non-essential” personal trip.
The backlog is, if anything, being very slowly and haphazardly handled at times, so some of you may have some luck. The bad news is that new applications are apparently jumping up faster, and they are adding piles of applications to the backlog.
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Section 107
Hi GUWonder - have you heard any chatter or updates on the topic of acknowledging passports as valid beyond the printed dates?
Nothing in terms of updates, but my focus has been elsewhere and I have been “keeping my distance”.
. But with such a big backlog, it’s going to get interesting.