Passport Crisis, Hurry Up and Wait Travel Travel Advisory Travel Documents Travel News by Corey Grant - Travel Agent - April 4, 2023April 4, 20230 Candese Charles Tue, April 4, 2023 at 12:03 PM GMT+2 LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — If you’re looking to travel abroad and need a passport, you’re not the only one. Currently, the rush of applications has pushed the wait time to several months. “We’re getting 500,000 applications a week for passports,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 24, calling the renewed demand for travel “unprecedented.” The State Department warns it is taking 10 to 13 weeks to receive a passport and the expedited process, which costs an extra $60, will take seven to nine weeks. Staffing shortages are being blamed for some of the delays. Trying to get an appointment at one of the 20 passport centers in Clark County, Nevada is leaving some people
Coronavirus related backlog of Passports are now being processed again Travel News by Corey Grant - Travel Agent - June 16, 2020June 16, 20200 The State Department has resumed processing U.S. passports to clear a backlog of 1.7 million pending applications before it can start tackling new requests, officials said Friday. Carl Risch, the assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, said 11 of the 29 passport agencies and centers around the United States that reduced services as the coronavirus began to spread have started Phase 1 on the road to normal. About half the agency’s passport workers have returned to their offices. Passport applications will be processed on a “first in, first out” basis. Risch estimated it will take six to eight weeks to clear the backlog dating from late February. The 1.7 million pending applications represent a little more than the average workload every month. Only then
WHAT ABOUT MEXICO? Cancun Mexico by Corey Grant - Travel Agent - August 15, 2018August 15, 20180 WHAT ABOUT MEXICO? Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year for study, tourism, and business. The Mexican government dedicates substantial resources to protectvisitors to major tourist destinations, and there is no evidence that organized criminal groups have targeted U.S. visitors and residents based on their nationality. However with recent news coverage travelers have questions and concerns. The following "talking points" are summarized from advisories and alerts that our Travel Agents have as a resource though our market corporate support team. 1. While the U.S. State Department recently updated its longstanding Travel Warning for Mexico, it does NOT warn against Americans traveling there, rather it further clarifies the relative safety of each state within Mexico. The State Department does not say