Passport renewal is now not available "for several months"

Apparently they sent it to a version of my zipcode starting with a 9 instead of an 8, which is near Stockton, CA instead of Phoenix. And apparently before they were able to correct the problem and resend it ... everything shut down.

I did get the passport though ... like early February. I rather want the Cert back, it cost quite a bit to get once all was said and done.

I have my renewal application filled out with check written. All I needed was to get my photo taken at the Post Office and send it out, but then we got into shutdown. It's a good thing we can't really travel now b/c my passport expires in three months, so is virtually a no go.

thinking we'd be heading to Ireland or Italy to meet up with Ancestry researcher. The new one was quick the return of the old one took a couple of months. I filled all the paper out on-line and got new photos at Walgreens Drugs. /

Haven't heard a thing except "expect significant delays". Using the expedited service may have helped, don't know.

I really don't like my birth certificate out there on some nameless desk or file system. I'd love to get just that back.

after the election even though it wasn't due for renewal for another year because I expected incompetence, delays, and possibly outright refusal to issue passports from a Trump administration.

It pains me to see this become reality, although I absolutely did not see a pandemic shutting down travel. I don't expect to travel anywhere by plane in the foreseeable future. My current passport will expire in 2026.

This is a problem, because I need it constantly for travel, and you're not supposed to use it less than 6 months prior to expiration.

I WAS planning to pay for an expedited renewal when I visited the USA this summer, but I have to be back over here by September 1 at the latest. "A few months delay" is a no-go for me. I hope there is a way to get this done. I doubt I'll be able to expect any help from Cornyn or Cruz.