One of the many ways we’re addressing the current demand for passports is by standing up a satellite office staffed by retirees, volunteers, and new Foreign Service Officers. They join teams across the US working hard to get passports out the door. #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

It’s all hands on deck to tackle unprecedented passport demand. Employees from across the Department have been pulled in to help process passports. If you have an application pending, we’re working on it and hope to have you traveling soon! #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

Our passport staff is putting in extra hours to get passports to U.S. travelers. More than 75 employees at our passport agencies in Atlanta, Buffalo, El Paso, Miami, and Portsmouth came in over the holiday weekend to process applications for urgent travel. #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

Congrats to Mission India! #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

Incredibly proud of our teams and their work to help evacuate more than 2,000 U.S. citizens, residents, and allies from Sudan. From Washington DC to Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Cyprus, and beyond, our teams have been working 24/7 to support this critical mission. -RB #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

Our visa productivity is reaching record heights. In March 2023, for the first time in nearly a decade, the @StateDept issued more than 1 million nonimmigrant visas in a single month. #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

We're processing more visas than ever at some of our busiest spots. In Mexico, we’ve issued 66% more tourist visas and border crossing cards in the past six months than we did during the same period in FY 2019. #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

#DYK as of April 1, 2023 the median global interview appointment wait time for a first-time visitor visa is under two months? This is about half of what it was in October 2022. Wait times are even shorter for return visitors! #HereToServe #stategov #travel #gov

#DYK we've reduced wait times for first-time visitor visa interviews in India by nearly 60% over the past six months? Our team in India is on course to process over one million visas this year, a major milestone in our return from the toughest days of the pandemic. #HereToServe