The U.S. State Department won’t be processing new passports and renewals except for emergency cases because of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency’s website said.
The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has hit 1 million, with more than 50,000 deaths, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.Emergency cases include people who need to travel because of “serious illnesses, injuries, or deaths in your immediate family that require you to travel outside the U.S.” within three days, the agency’s website said.
Applicants for emergency passports will need to bring an application with supporting documents, proof of the emergency and a reservation and/or ticket that you plan to travel on. Call the National Passport Information Center at 487-2778 for more information.March 31 telling Americans to avoid all international travel because of the global impact of the outbreak. “In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S.
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