2020/ 21- US Passport & Card Application-Tracker

[Suze1 366]

Yeah, we applied, normal processing, during the last week of expedited processing. Still waiting. SMH

[NewlyNaturalized 38]

I read in another group that they started processing the backlog and someone who applied in February from overseas got a notification that their passport is in the mail now. Baby steps slowly slowly.. we are waiting to apply for our initial passport until expedited becomes available. That way if we do have an emergency come up we will still have our documents and can go in person 

[M1987 5]

6 hours ago, NewlyNaturalized said:

I read in another group that they started processing the backlog and someone who applied in February from overseas got a notification that their passport is in the mail now. Baby steps slowly slowly.. we are waiting to apply for our initial passport until expedited becomes available. That way if we do have an emergency come up we will still have our documents and can go in person 

In which group you read that? 

[NewlyNaturalized 38]

1 hour ago, M1987 said:

In which group you read that? 

It wasn't an immigration group, it was a group about Americans living overseas on Facebook

[N400NYC 380]

I applied March 20th. Still nothing. 

[N400NYC 380]

On 5/6/2020 at 10:20 AM, marcomcbo said:

i was hoping this May 1 update would be different since the trump administration wants everyone back to work and we’re talking about federal workers, this makes no sense but oh well, they do have enough staff to keep cashing our checks 🤷🏽‍♂️ lol

Indeed, it's completely inconsistent (not surprising).

 

One the one hand he isn't even talking about it anymore (like there is no pandemic), and yet these govt departments are still operating as though we are in the peak of the pandemic.

 

 

[N400NYC 380]

On 5/28/2020 at 1:13 PM, id4me said:

This don't seem right at all!!! If the govt tells us to work wearing face mask, washing our hands and disinfecting work areas, why can't the passport people do the same and produce some passport!!!!!

Exactly. They aren't even interacting with the public. 

[Luis562 39]

hopefully we hear something soon! I applied first week of march expedited 🙃

[Giovanna024 442]

Any updates about processing times with passport?

[Luis562 39]

nothing yet  ASC offices are oppening on July 13 those office are face-face service and they're moving up! hopefully passport office speed up! 

[Suze1 366]

Passport application status changed again yesterday. Now sounding even less definitive about when we might get the passport and the citizenship certificate back. Arrgh

[Luis562 39]

10 hours ago, Suze1 said:

Passport application status changed again yesterday. Now sounding even less definitive about when we might get the passport and the citizenship certificate back. Arrgh

what's the stats now?

[Suze1 366]

@Luis562  @Giovanna024 At least before, they gave us the 6-8 weeks will be delayed by some months spiel; now they don't even say that. They just give no time frame whatsoever.

As of today -

Application Status: In Process

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot provide an update on when you will receive your passport and the return of your citizenship documents until we resume normal operations and staff return to our agencies and centers.

While we continue to accept applications, process your payments, and safeguard your forms, we cannot update your passport status at this time. For more information, read our COVID-19 update.

[Suze1 366]

Well, at least now the June 18th stats are as follows:

Passport Operations in Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 Alert
June 18, 2020

Update on U.S. Passport Operations

....

3. Are you making progress on U.S. passport applications?

Yes. Every Thursday, we will publish U.S. passport statistics in the table below so you can track our weekly progress as staff at our agencies and centers safely work on applications. This week, 14 of our agencies and centers moved to phase one of our three phase reopening plan. You can find historical U.S. passport statistics on our Reports and Statistics page.

 

Week (Thursday-Wednesday)	Applications Received	Passports Awaiting Issuance*	Passports Issued
This Week (June 11-17)	120,000	1.72 million	154,000
Last Week (June 4-10)	92,000	1.76 million	38,000

*The number of passports currently awaiting issuance is only a slight increase compared to what we have awaiting issuance in normal circumstances during June.

 

So, they received almost 30K more than the previous week, and issued 116K passports more than the previous week, so the total number has decreased SOME.

So, some ray of positivity. I guess. Until they possibly furlough 75% of the staff, now in August. SIGH

Edited June 19, 2020 by Suze1

[Suze1 366]

So, they issued 4x more passports, compared with the previous week. So.....progress was made. (Being positive, over here....hee hee)

Edited June 20, 2020 by Suze1