The U.S. Department of State has scaled back its Passport Agency operations and will no longer be issuing new passports in view of the situation surrounding the still-escalating COVID-19 pandemic.
Travel + Leisure pointed out that the release of this directive in late March coincided with the State Department’s issuance of a Level 4 travel advisory, which warns Americans to avoid all international travel and instructing those outside U.S. borders to return home immediately or risk being stranded abroad for an indefinite period of time. Read more at https://www.travelpulse.com/news/impacting-travel/us-state-department-stops-issuing-passports-amid-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR2OoaBhaBckjuv4W980LlKoP9E-UWEjn1nqXE_MZrdNqSUZUihST93gCro
