As more and more Americans travel internationally again, we are experiencing record passport demand for this time of year, often receiving more than 500,000 new passport applications each week. state.gov/important-upda…🧵 (1/4)
Passport processing times fluctuate and are currently 8-11 weeks for routine processing and 5-7 weeks for expedited processing. Given the record demand seen so far in 2023, we anticipate processing times will rise as we approach the busier travel season. (2/4)
@TravelGov This is shameful. Where is the accountability?
@TravelGov @StateDept Hi @StateDept , I don’t understand why renewals take the same amount of time. I paid 150 bucks or so and still took 5 weeks. Nothing about my background changed. All I did was provide a new picture… bigger question: why is this not automated like a credit check by now?
@TravelGov Mismanagement at it's finest, welcome to government work. You should be ashamed for treating Americans like this. 🤡🙄
@TravelGov @TravelGov the website is dooowwwwn. 404 message. At 7 weeks on our passports that just shipped today and terrified/anxious to see the tracking info.
@TravelGov Outsource if you can’t keep up to the pace.
@TravelGov We left plenty of time for a renewal. We are 3 weeks out from our trip and nothing is happening on your end other than taking our money. Please help!!! We can’t call because it’s not 2 weeks before travel. We can’t afford to lose $ because of this. Help!!