Americans Facing Months Long Wait for Passports

If you're in need of a passport...be prepared to wait.

The U.S. backlog for passports is now sitting between one and a half and two million.
The processing time for the travel document is sitting around 18 weeks and the wait time for an expedited passport is 12 weeks. Those numbers are up from six to eight weeks for regular applications and two to three for expedited. The wait times are according to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Rachel Arndt, who says travel numbers are increasing after being hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic.