This article was prepared with the assistance of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, of which Loan Huynh, Fredrikson Immigration Department Chair, is a member.
The Department of State (DOS) reportedly faces a backlog of approximately 1.7 million applications as it begins opening passport agencies and centers under Phase One of its reopening plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A spokesperson said that was a "slight increase" over the usual monthly amount and that capacity to handle the backlog is growing.
Passport centers that have reopened recently include:
- Arkansas
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Buffalo, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Dallas, Texas
- Detroit, Michigan
- El Paso, Texas
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Miami, Florida
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- National Passport Center (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Seattle, Washington
- Vermont
- Washington
- Western Passport Center
- Special Issuance Agency (Washington, DC)
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