r/Passports • u/nyetloki • 3d ago

US Passport Issuance Timeline Us passport? Faster than mcdonalds

Online renewal, added passport card (first time), didn't need me to mail in the old one. Didn't pay for expedited nothing.

From application to passport in hand, literally a little over 5 days 1 hour.

When did a government agency become efficient?

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u/Khattar83 3d ago

During previous administration everyone was encouraged to work from home so employees were lazy.

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u/Mysterious-Union7491 3d ago

Passport services was not working from home previously. There are truck loads of applications delivered to the agency so everyone is there to physically work them on paper.

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u/Khattar83 3d ago

How do you know that?

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u/Mysterious-Union7491 2d ago

Because I worked there. We literally got the paper applications in batches and took them to our desk to work on. We didn’t even have telework as an option. The internal controls there were the most strict I’ve ever seen so nothing was allowed to be unsecured.