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Section 107
Your applications are not lost. Please read the earlier posts in this thread - it is taking up to 6 weeks for regularly mailed applications (including those accepted at a US Post Orifice!) to be received and officially entered into the system with the checks typically cashed within 3 days of being officially received. Regular processing is then taking 10-12 weeks; expedited processing is varying from a week to 3 weeks.
The state dept passport website provides an option to register to receive email notifications about status changes - it does work; you might wish to register for it.
Thanks, everyone. We already registered at DOS's site for wife's cases email notification but didn't get any email back yet. In my passport's case, which I had applied just 2 weeks prior (on 3/15) , my case was "In Process" & email sent by 3/19 from same exact Post Office. So, I think more people getting vaccinated is increasing passport applications volume.