A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state must take steps to address chronic delays in processing Alaskans’ applications for food assistance, after repeated application backlogs. U.S. District ...

U.S. passport books and cards hit an all-time record high with more than 24 million issued over the last 12 months, the State Department announced Monday. With the post-pandemic rush of applications ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (KIFI) – The U.S. Department of State (USDS) released an alert Friday morning stating passport processing times have increased. The USDS recently said, “We are approaching what is ...

Standard passport processing times are currently 4-6 weeks, not including mailing time. Expedited service costs an extra $60 and takes 2-3 weeks for processing. The busiest application period is late ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a Temporary Final Rule to address the long delays in the approval of Employment Authorization Document renewal applications. Hundreds ...

Last week we posted a simple equation to explain the basic factors influencing application response time. Because it is pared down to show only the most influential factors and not all the factors ...

New York City’s welfare agency is only processing about 36% of food stamp applications on time, according to the latest data from Mayor Adams’ administration. The data, shared by acting Department of ...