Historically speaking, an average of four to six weeks is remarkably speedy. The former six- to eight-week processing time had been the norm before the Covid-19 pandemic and for decades prior. Need a ...

U.S. passport books and cards hit an all-time record high with more than 24 million issued over the last 12 months, the State Department announced Monday. With the post-pandemic rush of applications ...

U.S. passport processing time has been reduced by two weeks at most, the State Department announced Thursday. The Bureau of Consular Affairs said wait times for both online and paper applications have ...

If you need to get a new passport or renew it soon, the process should be a bit quicker. The State Department says it has lowered expected wait times by two weeks following a 2023 that so far has ...

US travelers may finally be free from the bureaucratic scourge of months-long passport wait periods, for the first time in three years. According to the latest estimates, Americans could have their ...