Passport Office Having Trouble Keeping Up With Passport Applications: Passport Blog: Rush Passport

ny passportTired of waiting around for your passport to arrive?  The US Department of State generally processes passports within 4-6 weeks.  If that seems like a long time to wait for your passport, imagine if you lived in Pakistan.  Currently, over 50,000 passport applicants who applied for their passports over 2 months ago are still waiting for their passports to arrive.  The passport problems are being blamed on faulty passport printing machines and a shortage of passport lamination paper.  The passport lamination paper is used to cover the machine-readable passports.

It seems like this is a recurring problem as the passport printing has been delayed for the same reasons 3 times in the past 3 years.  The passport agency has not taken steps to correct these issues.  In the meantime, Pakistani passport officials say that they are awaiting the arrival of new passport printing machines from Germany.

Can you just imagine all of the people with expired passports, lost passports who have applied for a new passport and are still waiting?  What about all of the passport applicants applying for first time passports?  The problems have had an effect on all passport applications, whether adult passport or child passport. 

Some people are due to leave the county in the upcoming days and their passport has still not arrived.  People need passports to visit sick relatives and unfortunately some travelers do not get their passport in time to see their relatives before they pass away.  Other travelers have complained of corruption as passport officials are being bribed to get passport applicants expedited passports.

If you need a US passport or other passport services such as an expedited passport, emergency passport, same day passport, US Passport book, US Passport Card, or passport photos be sure to contact Rush Passport™. You can visit us at http://www.rushpassport.com or call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak with a Live Passport Agent. (877) 937-7277 (All 50 States) or (212) 643-9305 New York Passport Agency. Rush Passport™ Official US Passport Expeditors, serving Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, Westchester County, Nassau County & Suffolk County, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Miami, Florida.

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