The World Health Organization declared on May 5, 2023, that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency. Although the virus is still causing hospitalizations and deaths, many ...

Amid continued unprecedented demand for international travel, the State Department is advising Americans to submit applications for passports at least six months before their scheduled departure dates ...

The State Department has opened an online passport renewal portal, allowing a limited number of Americans to submit an application online. The department is conducting a trial for the renewal system ...

WASHINGTON — Carlo Bismarck Aalst, from Alexandria, has been trying to renew his passport for six long months. He first submitted his application in January, which he figured would be more than enough ...

The deepening backlog of passport applications has spurred a flood of calls to Senate offices and new efforts to ease the process for Americans to get the documents they need for overseas travel. Wait ...

It’s never too early for travelers to prepare for their 2024 spring and summer trips, even though the national backlog on passport processing has lessened. And there’s one U.S. Postal Service site in ...

Hundreds of thousands of British citizens faced delays to their passport applications as COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted in 2022 - largely as a result of poor systems and external contractors ...

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Planning ahead for summer trips this year may help travelers find deals, but those leaving the country need to prepare for another reason: U.S. passport wait times are up again. Routine processing of ...