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.

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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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays.The State Department announced Wednesday<a ...