NEED TO GET a U.S. passport or renewal? Get in line. The understaffed and overwhelmed U.S. Passport Agency has been receiving a whopping 400,000 applications per week, breaking all records, and angry travelers are telling blood-curdling tales of canceled travel plans and high-dollar amounts lost to passports that never arrived after weeks of waiting.
The embattled State Department is pointing to the dramatic travel rebound from Covid-era lockdowns when agency workers were furloughed or let go. The sudden tsunami of staffing needs has yet to subside, but America’s mass travel wave continues to swell.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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