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    1911 hours ago

    The entire passport office is shut down right now .

    They are not issuing new passports.

    • @[email protected]
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      66 hours ago

      For anyone trans or NB, starting with applications received from 1/16. Others are not impacted yet AFAIK.

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      8 hours ago

      Unless you mean because it’s 3 am on a Sunday, this is blatent misinformation.

      • @[email protected]
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        74 hours ago

        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.

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          32 hours ago

          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.

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        96 hours ago

        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.