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.

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.

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.

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.