The New York Times recently put out a warning from the State Department to would-be travelers in 2016 to renew your passport quickly if it expires in 2016. Due to the amount of renewals in 2006-7 that required travelers to get passports for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative the State Department is preparing for as large of a backlog of people needing passports as it did a decade ago. For more info on the story by Julia Preston click here. |