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The U.S. Department of State Passport Services has recently increased the waiting period for the U.S. passport processing procedure. This has created a chaotic and frustrating situation for people aspiring to traveling in or out of the country. Generally the passport processing took a normal time span of six weeks which has now been extended to ten weeks or even more. Even the expedited service takes good time, say about four weeks instead of two weeks, which it required to complete all the needful. This extended time period is due to the recent hike of the passport applications to nearly 44%. There are two reasons behind this unusual upsurge in the demand for passport processing. The first one is that during the months of February to April most people plan their spring and summer vacations and secondly, the new law that came into implementation recently that needed all the U.S. citizens traveling by air between the USA, Canada, Mexico, Central or South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda islands to carry a valid passport, Air Nexus Card or U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner documents and Alien registration card, form I-551 if applicable. Most travelers who desire to move in or … Continue reading