Just thought pass on personal experience. My sister in law, nephew and father in law applied for passports on Feb. 28. FIL was in a different city, but same state. SIL and Nephew got their passports in late April. I read an article on 2 about the delays and got concerned and did some checking. FIL's passport got processed on June 4 and it was finally delivered June 7, which is obviously more than 12 weeks afterward. Thankfully travel is at the end of July but it was still anxiety we didn't need. Can't imagine others peril.

By comparison, hubby and I applied for our passports in early 2002. He got his in 2 1/2 weeks and I got mine exactly 3 weeks later. Normal fees and everything, nothing expedited. Next year I did a name change (from maiden surname to married) and that also took less than three weeks.