New, "More Secure" US NextGen Passport
May 24, 2020, 7:37 pm
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May 24, 2020, 8:18 pm
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Jun 17, 2020, 2:10 am
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That report does publicly indicate that State has not yet ordered (from GPO) the next generation passport blanks for common use.
I expect to see passport costs to be hiked up as a result of the next generation passport, whether at the same time as the change or some time after that.
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Oct 16, 2020, 8:45 pm
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/govtrib...mma17d0163/amp
So this contract is now fully obligated. All orders should be complete by about September of next year. Looks like they may have pushed everything out by a year because of Covid (may have had an intro of the next gen passport this year). Assuming no more extensions, I would guess the next gen passport is unveiled next year and in full circulation in 2022. But with the way this program is going, who can say when it will ever actually happen.
So this contract is now fully obligated. All orders should be complete by about September of next year. Looks like they may have pushed everything out by a year because of Covid (may have had an intro of the next gen passport this year). Assuming no more extensions, I would guess the next gen passport is unveiled next year and in full circulation in 2022. But with the way this program is going, who can say when it will ever actually happen.
Oct 17, 2020, 5:43 pm
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https://www.oversight.gov/sites/defa...o.%2020-06.pdf
This may have been posted already, but GPO seems to be ready to go. Just waiting on Dept. of State to be ready and place an order. Have to imagine this will be in issue in the next two years.
This may have been posted already, but GPO seems to be ready to go. Just waiting on Dept. of State to be ready and place an order. Have to imagine this will be in issue in the next two years.
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Nov 3, 2020, 3:10 am
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Well, renewing my and my daughter's passports in two weeks. Better get it over with. I just wish I could get a thin one, especially since we're unlikely to travel... at all... and need basically zero passport pages, but people applying abroad are given the fat ones by default now it seems.
Feb 19, 2021, 6:57 am
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Well, renewing my and my daughter's passports in two weeks. Better get it over with. I just wish I could get a thin one, especially since we're unlikely to travel... at all... and need basically zero passport pages, but people applying abroad are given the fat ones by default now it seems.
Feb 19, 2021, 5:32 pm
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As of April 2020, the plan was to issue next generation Official and Diplomatic passports in 1Q 21
https://www.gpo.gov/docs/default-sou...nce-report.pdf
https://www.gpo.gov/docs/default-sou...nce-report.pdf
Feb 20, 2021, 7:42 am
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Feb 21, 2021, 1:33 am
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Yeah I know and I hate it. We don't need so many pages and we have 6 passports to carry so the thinner the better. But alas there are no exceptions. Kinda dumb. Keep the large book as standard abroad but if an applicant requests a small one, it should be an option.
Mar 2, 2021, 1:33 am
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Efficiency at its best when it comes to this kind of thing. I am expecting the "more secure" US passports to driver forward higher passport prices somewhat sooner than would be the case if we were to stick to what is already common.
