Cortesía de Miami Dade Library Sistem If you need a U.S. passport without an appointment, you better act fast. On Saturday, June 14, people can apply at a “passport fair” in Miami-Dade County.

But as of March 24, it could now take 10 to 13 weeks to process passport applications. For reference, the change went into effect 13 weeks before late June, the start of summer.

According to a March 23 update from the State Department, passport applications now take 10-13 weeks to process, up from 8-11 weeks in early March.

Agencies around the country struggled to keep up with passport applications last year, creating up to a 13-week wait time and difficulties to snag an appointment. But now things have turned around.

If your application has been pending for an extended period, you can call the National Passport Information Center at 1-877-487-2778. For more information on contacting the department about your ...

All passport applications received Monday and beyond will have wait times of 8-11 weeks for routine service with times shortened to 5-7 weeks for expedited service, the State Department said in a ...

The U.S. State Department selected Orlando to house the state’s second passport office, joining an existing one in Miami, announced by Orlando U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost Tuesday.

The wait for a U.S. passport may be back to normal after a pandemic-induced backlog. By Derek M. Norman Among the many aspects of travel that the pandemic disrupted, one issue was more ...