How to Check Your Passport Application or Renewal Status

Here's how to check your passport status after submitting an application for a new passport or renewing an old one, and what to do if it's taking too long.
ABC 7 Chicago

Passport applications are taking longer to process with record year for new applicants

CHICAGO -- This morning, millions of Americans hoping to travel abroad are instead stuck in limbo in a massive mounting backlog of passport applications. "I'm trying to contact everyone that I can to ...
Los Angeles Times

6/21 Update: Diary of a trip through passport application limbo

LOS ANGELES — Editor’s note: You buy your air ticket and book the hotel for that overseas vacation. Oh no -- your passport is about to expire. With processing delays lasting months, will you get it in ...
Los Angeles Times

6/21 Update: Diary of a trip through passport application limbo

LOS ANGELES — Editor’s note: You buy your air ticket and book the hotel for that overseas vacation. Oh no -- your passport is about to expire. With processing delays lasting months, will you get it in ...