Originally Posted by
txviking
One might almost think that somewhere, someone is embarrassed about this and that's why the transition is happening with very little fanfare.
BTW, I received my very first US passport today and unsurprisingly, it's the old design. Based on the post above, I expect that will be the case for the majority of applicants for a few months still.
Agreed. Am not surprised you got the ePassport and not the NextGen passport. They have just announced it and have contracts to produce equipment through about March of 2022. In addition, BoE&P and DoS planning and budget documents state that they were planning to complete the rollout in FY 2022 (October 2021 to September 2022). I think by next summer the NextGen passport will be the solely issued version. It will be predominantly the old version now, with a very gradual shift over a year.