Originally Posted by
dtokuda
Has anyone who renewed at a consulate abroad received a next gen passport? I’m not sure where passports applied for abroad are actually printed.
Passports issued by consular offices are "printed" at the consular office from blank stock. The blank stock is manufactured in the US.
It is not a case of the consular office taking/reviewing/approving the application and then the book/card is mailed or flown overnight from CONUS. Consular issued passports are handed to the applicant usually the same day, sometimes in hours, sometimes the next day.
When a consular office gets low on supplies new blank stock is shipped to the office from the states.