Going to renew a US passport has historically been difficult.
but that became even more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic, when long waits reached 18 weeks
The US Department of State stated that it has diminished its backlog of approximately 2 million applications
but still guesstimates that it will take eight to eleven weeks to renew a passport, not including mailing times
A current internet passport renewal programme may abbreviate the wait time by making the process much easier
The Department of State launched a pilot programme for online passport renewals on Aug. 2
based on an executive order
signed
by President Joe Biden in December 2021, with 25,000 open slots that were filled by Aug. 12
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