On March 24, the Division of State up to date the processing instances for U.S. passport purposes. Routine processing will take 10-13 weeks and expedited processing, which prices an extra $60, will take 7-9 weeks. These new processing instances solely apply to new purposes submitted on or after March 24. Processing time begins the day we obtain an software and don’t embody mailing time.Â
Processing instances are cyclical and rise and fall based mostly on seasonal demand. Nonetheless, the amount of purposes we’ve obtained during times this yr has outpaced information set by final yr’s quantity by greater than 30 %.
By adjusting our processing instances, we’re giving U.S. residents extra exact details about how lengthy it might take them to obtain a brand new passport.  We proceed to induce U.S. residents to examine their passport expiration date and renew now if they’re planning worldwide journey this yr.  Go to journey.state.gov/passport to plan your 2023 journey with the most recent passport steerage and processing suggestions in thoughts. We encourage all U.S. residents touring abroad to enroll within the Good Traveler Enrollment Program to allow them to obtain vital messages about their locations instantly, together with well timed Alerts and updates to Journey Advisories, and to allow us to help in an emergency.
