Tag: passport

Charlotte is getting a full-service passport office. What we know so far

North and South Carolinians looking to go abroad will soon have a much closer full-service passport agency. The State Department on Tuesday announced Charlotte and several other cities will get a new passport agency. While there are a number of acceptance facilities in Charlotte, they can’t get people a passport quickly or issue a new […]

Need to renew your passport? An online portal is now open

(THE HILL) – The State Department has opened an online passport renewal portal, allowing a limited number of Americans to submit an application online. The department is conducting a trial for the renewal system over the next several months, with a certain number of applications accepted each day. The beta program launched Wednesday. The online […]

Passport e-gates back online after widespread outage at UK airports

A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates that caused significant disruption at airports across the UK has been resolved, the British Home Office has confirmed. Airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester were impacted by the failure on Tuesday evening. Border officials were left to manually process travellers instead, with images and […]

UK airport passport e-gates hit with IT issue causing major disruption

A tech issue with British Border Force passport e-gates has caused significant disruption at airports across the UK. Images and footage shared on social media on Tuesday evening appeared to show long queues forming at the gates, which scan passports, in London’s Heathrow Airport. A spokesperson for the airport said: “Border Force is currently experiencing […]

Brazil’s Bolsonaro stayed two days in Hungarian embassy after passport seized

Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides on suspicion of plotting a coup, Mr Bolsonaro’s lawyer said on Monday. Mr Bolsonaro’s February 12th-14th stay at the Hungarian embassy was first reported […]

Adrian seeks Michigan DNR Recreation Passport grant for Heritage Park improvements

ADRIAN — With support from the Adrian City Commission, Adrian’s Parks and Recreation Department submitted a Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Recreation Passport grant March 18 for the construction of bathrooms and shaded areas at the Heritage Park pickleball courts and the renovation of the Heritage Park softball pavilion bathrooms. If the city is […]