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The entire passport office is shut down right now .
They are not issuing new passports.
For anyone trans or NB, starting with applications received from 1/16. Others are not impacted yet AFAIK.
Unless you mean because it's 3 am on a Sunday, this is blatent misinformation.
Maybe it's just the three trans people I know that are trying to leave the country right now, my brother's family, and a bunch of family friends that come from a family of pilots and flight attendants.
I'm sure they are the only people having trouble in the whole country. Must be an isolated incident. ... ...
They are all located out west and in the Midwest, so maybe it's just the Chicago office and the website. I don't know if anybody has tried doing it through mail correspondence yet but that takes a little bit more time anyway.
That's completely different than, "The entire passport office is shut right now.". You were either being unnecessarily hyperbolic, or intentionally spreading misinformation. Neither helps in situations like this.
There have been multiple people in local groups that have reported this happening to them this week. Going to get documentation updated, sent home without anything - not even documentation with natal sex. Local queer org put out an advisory - reached out to all shrinks that work with queer people.
Wait, for real? For everyone?
For anyone with an x or that is trans. Renewals for them is awaiting on a policy update.