As the busy summer travel season kicks off, international travelers are having a hard time getting their passports due to processing delays.
"We’ve always had some delays with passport processing over the years," said Vickie Everhart, chief experience officer with Krouse Travel. "But, this is probably the worst that we have had during an active travel period.”
According to the U.S. Department of State, about 500,000 passport applications are received by the department weekly. This is on pace for at least a 30% increase from last year. In 2022, the state department issued a record-high 22 million passports.
The surge of applications has caused processing times to increase to 10-13 weeks which has forced some travelers to make last-minute trip changes or miss their trip entirely.
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