The new passport statistics for the week have come out. Last week, it says that they received 143000 passports, 206000 passports were issued, and that 1.15 million passports are still awaiting issuance.

1. I am curious about why it is still less than the 274 000 passports that were issued two weeks ago. Was that just an amazing week? I am hopeful as it is a higher amount than last week, but am still curious about this.