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State Department says it no longer has a passport backlog

The agency says it is back to its pre-pandemic norm of processing passport applications in six to eight weeks for routine service and two to three weeks for expedited service.

News 12 Staff

Dec 19, 2023, 8:06 AM

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The State Department says it no longer has a passport backlog.

The agency says it is back to its pre-pandemic norm of processing passport applications in six to eight weeks for routine service and two to three weeks for expedited service.

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That's much faster than what it's been like the past year as the State Department issued more than 24 million passport books and cards, the highest number in the nation's history.

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